Royal Palace 2

Bangkok

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May 10th 2006
Spent three nights in Bangkok, very hot, very smelly and very busy Went for our first tuk tuk ride which was an adventure and only cost us about NZ$2 Visited the Royal Palace which was very impressive and the temple of the Emerald Buddha, had to borrow a beautiful shirt to wear as I was not covered up enough to get in otherwise! Spent a lot of time wandering around Khao San road area whic ... 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