with the 60th aniversary of the King of Thailand this year Bangkok was gearing itself up for a almighty celebration, part of this was getting the boatsmen on the royal barge up to speed.
The Begining of the End of our Travels June 1st 2006 We arrived at Bangkok airport at around midnight and after finding out that the airport hotel listed in the travel guide as $50 US is now $300US we set to finding somewhere else to stay. We booked a place with a guy at the airport - overpriced but the transfer and everything was sorted for us and it was only for one night. At 1am after the 9 hr flight and a few beers with Jon and a few more on t ... read more
Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok 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
After a few hard years of saving, we eventualy achieved our goal of getting married, leaving our jobs for a year and jetting off on our 12 month honeymoon around the world. This is to be the blog of our journey which will take us through parts of South America, French Polynesia, New Zealand, Australia and South East Asia.... full info