Bangkokkymore

Same old, same old

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March 17th 2008
Bangkok was…well, Bangkokky I suppose. I can’t write anything here that you might not have already gathered in my previous correspondence, or from any other travel log. It smelt like it did the last time I was there; there was as much shit, hustling and traffic on the streets as had been before. It wasn’t new to me anymore. We spent a night and the best of two days there. We organized our R ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok

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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