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Bangkok, Day 1

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June 19th 2013
To begin with, it's only 5:15pm here and I am ready to crawl into bed and pass out, i.e. jet lag sucks. Putting that aside however, today was a pretty busy start to our stay in Bangkok. After a lengthy trip here (3 hours to Denver, 12 to Tokyo and 6 to Bangkok excluding layovers) we didn't arrive in Bangkok until past 11 ... 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