Watt Yannava

The Chinese junk had been very important in trade with China. As western-style ships became more popular, King Rama III (rules 1824 - 1851 in the western calendar), concerned that the younger generation wouldn't know what a junk looked like, ordered this model built.

Me, Malaise and Muay Thai

April 3rd 2009
For people who hassle me when I don’t post a blog for a week - this is because I mainly write my blogs during long train/bus/ferry trips. This one is being written in a bus from Bangkok to Kanchanaburi, which isn’t far, but that’s a story for the next blog. For the last eight days, I’ve been stuck in Bangkok, and so haven’t been inclined to write, plus I haven’t done anything interes ... 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

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