Reclining Buddha

Bangkok

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July 12th 2008
Big city, dense traffic, dirty, polluted and stinking. Night hides the grime, giving it a false charm. But you can feel tremendous energy in the air here, floating above its grimy sidewalks. Checked into a youth hostel in Silom district, into an unbelievably small room. I could not have swung even half a cat. Jail cells are bigger than this. A bed fills almost all of it and the bed is little more ... 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