Temples in Bangkok

More BANG(kok) for your buck!

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April 21st 2009
How's this for a warm welcome ...? We were finally getting out of Kathmandu and making a break for Bangkok, Thailand, en route to some Thai beaches. Kathmandu's whole we-got-power-for-4-hours-a-day thing was getting real old. Sitting in the airport restaurant having a nice breakfast to burn the last of our rupees and what comes on the tele behind us? The BBC news. Thailand has broken out ... 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