Khao San Road

A shoppers paradise

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January 25th 2006
In Bangkok now and I had my doubts that I would hate it, being a city I was comparing it to New Delhi and Mumbai but I love it! It's much more quiet than I imagined and pretty clean. We're staying just off Khao San Road where most of the travellers go and the whole street is a market with the cheapest clothes, shoes, bags etc, and they're all really good quality too. Me and Patrice have already ... 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