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BANGKOK...CITY OF ANGELS

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April 18th 2011
That nickname may not hold true these days but Bangkok certainly is an interesting place. At first glance Bangkok is not a very attractive city--- it is overrun with freeways, shabby buildings and refuse piles. But then you see children splashing around in the canals, a temple spire shining in the hazy sunlight, a carved teak house on stilts or a small shrine festooned with offerings to Shiva an ... 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