View from the Ferry

Bangkok

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August 17th 2012
We landed in Bangkok after a 9 hour flight from Sydney. It was great to be visiting a new country. We got a taxi to our hotel, Sivalai Place (recommended by Steph and Stephen). We could afford to stay in a nice hotel because Thailand is so cheap! It was pretty late at this stage so the night porter let us in and showed us to our room. We were on the 6th floor, and had a great view of the city skyl ... 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