Flushing Sound

Starting Out

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February 27th 2008
A short account of what has happened up to now. I arrived in Bangkok last week on Thursday evening after a 14 hour flight to Tokyo followed by a 7 hour flight to Bangkok. As I was leaving the airplane I figured I would find someone to share a cab with to the street where all the youth hostels are. Behind me was a guy from California who looked nice so I asked him if he wanted to share a cab an ... 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