A royal temple

Brilliant Bangkok

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August 21st 2011
Flying from India to Bangkok was only 4 hours but seemed like leaping forward to return to the 21st century. From the outset, Bangkok airport flowed efficiently with the modern, safe train into the city centre taking only 17 minutes to cover 30km. It could have taken several weeks to cover that in India! We arrived in the late evening with no accommodation booked but full of enthusiasm. After taki ... 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