Cabbages and Condoms2

28 July to 02 Aug Bangkok

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August 2nd 2006
We arrive in Bangkok early in the morning after a boat and then overnight bus trip from Koh Tao. I am now convinced that all Thai bus drivers believe they are Michael Schumacher and use the highways as their own personal Monte Carlo... Needless to say we covered the 320 miles to Bangkok pretty quickly and then had to fight off the hordes of illegal taxi drivers who descended on us at 5am when we g ... 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