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Temples and Coupon Scams

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November 13th 2009
Day 3 - So Joel and I did the tour of all the buhdist temples in Bangkok today. The interesting thing is that all these temples exist in Ayutthaya (the old capital of Thailand) but were beheaded during battles with Burmese, so now the same statues and temples have been recreated all over Thailand.. The grand palace was definately the highlight. We took all of the temples in by tuk - tuk ... 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