Wat Pho

Back in Bangkok

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February 24th 2008
We have made it to Bangkok. The journey was very long. I think it took just over 20 hours between us leaving our house to us arriving at our hotel in Bangkok. This was not helped by the fact that the plane was delayed for over an hour. We had already been at Heathrow for hours when we found this out. The flight wasn't too bad though and they let us sleep all the way without keep pestering us with ... 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