Full View of the Giant Reclining Buddha

One Night in Bangkok

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February 25th 2008
After a four-hour flight overnight from the airport in Mumbai (which can be roughly approximated as a cross between a bus terminal and an OTB), I arrived in Bangkok early Saturday morning. Once I got in the cab, I was immediately excited to be travelling in a vehicle for the first time in a week that was able to achieve speeds in excess of 40 miles an hour without having to climb to 35,000 feet fi ... 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