The Grand Palace

The temple, and the tuk-tuk driver

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June 4th 2006
Day 1. Well, it's day one of our long awaited trip to the U.K, and because we've never been overseas before we decided to prolong our stopover in Thailand for a couple of days. What an experience!! We arrived in Bangkok at about midnight, and were met by a charming Thai man who spoke only enough english to direct us to a van which would take us to the hotel. On arrival at the hotel, oh my god, ... 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