Big Buddha

Easing into Asia

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November 12th 2006
We arrived in Bangkok on Thursday and it doesn't seem anywhere as near as intimidating as it did last time we were here...certainly a lot less smelly. We've really been taking it easy for the last 4 days - acclimatising and getting used to the 30 degree heat. We did venture out on a tuk-tuk to Wat Pho to see the huge reclining buddha (it is 46m long and 15m high) that we didn't see last time ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok

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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