Erawan shrine, Bangkok

Happy Year of the Dog

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January 27th 2006
After spending some time in southern Thailand, we went back to Bangkok. We arrived after a 12 hour bus ride from Krabi. The roads are good here and the government buses are quite comfortable, but it was still a long trip. We actually started our journey north from Railay, a town with a gorgeous setting on Krabi peninsula. The town is surrounded by beautiful limestone cliffs, which makes it one ... 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