An entrepreneur - I'll give him that!

The Grand Palace and a protest over 20 Baht

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August 19th 2011
Today was all about getting to the 'must see' and cultural activities that are scattered around one particular area of Bangkok, about 20 minutes from our hotel in Ploenchit. On the list were the Grand Palace, Wat Pho, Khlongs and the Amulet Market. We had a great breakfast thanks to the Renaissance Ratchaprasong Hotel - I don't recall eating again until 9pm! Having arrived at the h ... 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