Grand Palace

Arrival in Thailand

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October 7th 2008
Hello from the land of heat and humidity! Well after a realativily short plane ride we arrived in Bangkok! The Sri Lanken Airline was actually very good, really yummy food. We heard about the taxi scams in Bangkok and low and behold as soon as we came off the plane there was many people trying to corall us into some sort of taxi ride. But we were smart and lined up for the public transport line. ... 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