Shoppers

Chatuchak weekend market

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January 26th 2014
Hello again faithful blog readers, it is Sunday evening here and the advance polls were held today.The Bangkok Post reports a number of polls were forced to close or not opened at all due to interferance and intimidation by the demonstrators.I saw nothing in my travels today and will wait to read more tomorrow. I want to tell you about a a market I have been to a few times, open only on the wee ... 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