View from the Hilton

A new nightlife experience, and Thai cinema

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July 4th 2009
Bangkok is a city of contrasts - if the streets aren't packed, the place is empty. If your not eating at a 5 star restaurant, your ordering from a cart on the road, or a place outside the cook's house. The same goes for the night life, with clubs and bars catering mostly to foreigners, and disco-esque places frequented more by locals. Up until last weekend I'd been to Bangkok's bar scene. La ... 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