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One of the wooden bridges on the death railway


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Thai  Flag 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]
Blog: May 13th-17th - Thailand
Date: May 17th 2009

The one hour flight to Frankfurt was half empty but the 9 hour flight to Bangkok wasn’t! It was an old 747 and didn’t look like it had been upgraded for years so the flight in cattle-class was not at all comfortable. A big brick bat for Lufthansa! Nevertheless we did eventually arrive in Bangkok complete with all our luggage, and after leaving most of it at airport storage, caught a taxi to ou ... read more




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