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Ayutthaya Summer Palace

Around the World in 86 Days Part 3

March 20th 2010
The topic of conversation around the ship before our arrival in Bangkok, Thailand was how the “Million Man March” would affect our visit. Now that we’ve returned we can say that with the exception of seeing several truckloads of red shirted men flying flags it appeared to be a peaceful demonstration against the government. Thanks to Richard Rowe for the photo of the Red Shirts! Regent ... read more
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Thai Flag 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
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