Bangkok

The Baiyoke Sky Hotel, Bangkok

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April 27th 2009
Billed as the tallest building in Thailand, the Baiyoke Sky Hotel is 84 or 85 floors tall. The girl at the tour desk at my guest house recommended it for the views. I hoped on a tuk-tuk and was there is just a few minutes. There was an admission charge of 200 baht (about $6.00 USD) to go to the top. This included a drink in the Sky Bar. The observation floor was the 79th (I think). It wa ... 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