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First full day in Bangkok

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July 20th 2006
So today was our first full day in Bangkok and we decided we should start exploring. Well we did once we got up at about 10.30 - we needed our sleep! Before we went exploring though, we started with some breakfast in out hotel again, and then we thought it would be a good idea to book our train tickets to our next stop. We have decided to head down to Koh Samui first, hopefully the weather isn't t ... 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