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Akihabara, Bangkok style

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January 29th 2011
Today was interesting actually. We started off by heading to the Grand Palace only to find out from a tuk tuk driver that it was closed on Saturdays and Sundays until 15:00. Then he offered to take us to a few other places around the city for 20 baht, 10 each! “What’s going on?” we wondered…that’s only $1 for quite a trip. We paid him in advance (Ronald was worried he would ask for 20 do ... 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