Wat Pho - The Temple of the Reclining Buddah

Bangkok

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July 6th 2008
So this entry is not going to be nearly as cool as the next, so I'm not going to really try too hard. I was burned out after Egypt and snapped some pictures of the 3 biggest monuments in Bangkok and that's about it. It is cool to be in Asia and see some really cool temples and architecture that I've only seen in movies, plus the people are the exact opposite of Egypt. We went from a place where ... 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