The Grand Palace

Amazing Bangkok

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April 11th 2006
Dear all we have just left Bangkok and suffering from a grueling 19 hour journey to the small Thai island of Ko Phan gan. Bangkok was such a contradiction to everything that we were warned about, elements of wondering through the streets would have brought back memories of Glastonbury with a strong hippy culture present. Yesterday, before we left we were walking through the Tourist orientated Kho ... 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