Balcony View

Man who walk through door sideways...

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March 19th 2005
My travels in South East Asia have finally commenced. After touching down in Bangkok on Sunday night, and a couple of days on Khao San Road, I've spent the last few days in Kanchanaburi, a small, busy town spanning 5km along the northern bank of the River Kwai, about 150km west of Bangkok. The town is famous as the site of the base camp for Allied POW's in WWII working on the "Death Railway" lin ... 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