temple at the royal palace

Enduring Bangkok

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February 1st 2010
12,000,000 souls live in and around Bangkok. Put that many people into a big sauna, crank it up to about 105 humid degrees (thank goodness it's winter), put in a tray of fish and let it sit for 3 or 4 days, add a garbage can that's been sitting in the heat for about a month, drive a blue-smoke-belching two-stroke engine or 2 or 2,000,000 into it for good measure, put in a sewer system running 2" ... 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