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Temple of reclining Buddha

And so the adventure begins....

April 19th 2012
After a 10hour shove in,surrounded by temptations like Chanel, at heathrow's terminal 3 and a pretty smooth flight ,Flight no BA009 landed in Bangkok's Suvarnabhumbi airport in 38degree heat slap bang in the middle of Songkran or 'Thai new year' for us westerners! Songkran is a Buddhist festival which lasts 3 days. It is a time were Thai people pray to Buddha for good fortune in th ... read more
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Thai Flag 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
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