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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]
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] Blog: Bangkok (the first couple'o'days)
Date: May 17th 2012
Day Zero (aka arrival) ...in which we hang out at airports, play games on the plane, and try to persuade a cabbie to turn his meter on... Planes are more interesting than they used to be. With everything from 50 different movies to Super Mario Brothers, and a language learning game, you can generally find something to do (even if it's trying to help the old Turkish lady sitting next to y ... read more
Date: May 17th 2012
Day Zero (aka arrival) ...in which we hang out at airports, play games on the plane, and try to persuade a cabbie to turn his meter on... Planes are more interesting than they used to be. With everything from 50 different movies to Super Mario Brothers, and a language learning game, you can generally find something to do (even if it's trying to help the old Turkish lady sitting next to y ... read more
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