Grand Palace

Bangkok, Thailand

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Big Buddha and heading into battle with hardcore tourists

November 22nd 2015
The language barrier can cause such great comedy moments when using public transport abroad. And so, Glyn, Helen, Andy and i certainly proved this when we found ourselves leaving town and possibly on the way to the airport rather than heading to the Grand Palace! Glyn had shown our taxi driver a picture of it in his guidebook, saying Grand Palace and its name in Thai: Wat Phra Kaew. We'd left s ... 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

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