sunrise over river

Bangkok Memories

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August 29th 2010
I’ve been home one week today, so I wanted to write some things down about Bangkok before I forget… I went to Bangkok in 1989 on a family vacation when I was a teenager. I have some very specific memories of the trip, but didn’t remember many details about Bangkok other than the tuk-tuks, big roads, major traffic, bargaining with vendors, lively streets 24/7, and some of the visuals of the ... 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