Bangkok

Bowlin' about in Bangkok

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January 26th 2010
On we trot, taking a wierd tuk tuk (where you sit in a trailer in front of the motorbike) to the bus stop, then hop on a bus to the bright lights of Bangkok. Arriving in Bangkok we were straight away hit by the scale and level of development, unlike any of the cities we'd been to so far. Cars overtaking mopeds as the kings of the road! We jumped in a taxi to Phra Athit where there was meant 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