Bridge over the River Kwai

Bangkok

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December 7th 2006
We arrived in Bangkok about 4pm, just 10 minutes after Lesley. We bumped into her at baggage reclaim, collected our backpacks and walked through 'Nothing to Declare' to find dozens of people thrusting taxi 'menus' at us, luckily we'd researched and knew that a taxi from outside the airport should be allot cheaper, and it was. 400baht compared to the 900 being offered to us inside! The traffic was ... 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