Kids in the protests

Political protest in Bangkok

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April 14th 2010
The day before I was supposed to be flying to Bangkok it was all over the news that a protest was taking place and that people had been killed. My Dutch friend was already in the city so I emailed him, this is what I got back: "I'm on my way to Bangkok. But can't get into Bangkok :P Got stuck somewhere halfway between Cambodia and Bangkok. Songkran in Bangkok is cancelled, and it might be hard ... 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