Little Buddhas

Around Town

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May 26th 2005
Bangkok, Thailand is urban culture shock at its best. Cars, everywhere, are emitting giant clouds of pollution that linger for a long while among the shops, street venders, and sidewalks. The street signs have strange, happy cartoon figures printed on them, while the expressions of the Bangkok people is one of City determination to get through their daily routine with out much hassle. Stray dogs a ... 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