Wat Po

Bangkok

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September 8th 2012
I may not have done justice to Bangkok in my last entry. I was just sooooo excited about the tigers. Bangkok is a very large, very crowded city as one would expect. It doesn't have much history, about 250 yrs as the capital and that is nothing by Asian standards. However, if you want to shop, this is the place. I preferred spending my time with a massage though. After a very brief bus to ... 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