Weekend Markets

Exactly Ten Thousand Miles from Home

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April 24th 2006
Bangkok has been described as a city of constant surprises. As a New Zealander who knew next to nothing about Thailand, that has been entirely true. Brooke, Tan, Ric and I landed in Bangkok International around 10pm, thankfully no one placed drugs in my bag so my anxiety about being thrown into prison and executed vanished. Even better our bags actually arrived - this fear was even more ground ... 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