Ann - with Wat Arun in the background

Thailand Revisited

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August 31st 2006
It has been more than 20 years since I first visited Thailand, and our focus has changed from shops that sell diapers to those that sell trendy clothes, but the first thing we still do when we roll into a new town is to find a good noodle shop. Don't laugh, but Bangkok looks cleaner, the sidewalks are in better shape and you can buy a decent cup of coffee for twice the price of a bowl of no ... 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