Bangkok at night

Here we go again

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November 7th 2008
Went to bed on an airplane and woke up here. Oh, the joys of modern technology. Flight was pretty good, bagged a pair of the 'doubles' at the back of a 747, so we had enough room and no disturbance from fellow passengers. If it hadn't been for a recurrence of hay fever it would have been perfect. Mind you, the cab from the airport to the hotel took 2 hours. Bangkok traffic, eh. Tomorrow w ... 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