Wat Pho

Leaving Bangkok,

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January 17th 2006
I am downstairs in Wildorchid Villa on Soi Rambuttree near Kosan Rd. This is the most expensive place we have stayed at, being 650 baht $22 a night. We arrived late and our room was gone on the first night as i was apparently supposed to reconfirm 5 nights before. This area is busy busy and full of tourists. The streets are a soup of people,food,sweat,noise,fumes,stalls and smiles. We have been ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more