Big Golden Buddha

Forgotten name, we saw several and there are about 17 million Wats in SE Asia.

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February 5th 2007
Sun 4th: We got up and were pounced on by about 50 or 60 Tuk-tuk drivers simultanously, being first thing in the morning we were weak, and caved (reasoning that being ripped off 35 pence wasn't too bad.). We got taken round Bangkok for about 3 hours, saw some Big Buddha statues, some temples which was good, but on the downside he kept stopping at jewellery shops, tailors etc (although he was ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok

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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