Egret in Botanics

Bangkok and Sydney

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January 26th 2010
1 full day in Bangkok and two nights staying at the New Siam riverside -about 50yards from New Siam 2.It was actually on the riverside, at least the restaurant bar and swimming pool was. Our room on 6th floor overlooked the city. Bangkok was even busier than I remembered and the taxi driver told us there are 12million people in the City. We ate Pad Thai in the wild Orchid, shopped in the Koh Sa ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more