sacred banyan tree

90 to 19 (degrees)

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February 14th 2007
We are about to return to the United States to briefly see our daughter, and then start the next part of our journey--Greece and Turkey. The east coast of the US is gripped by a wintry mix of snow sleet and freezing rain, with temperatures to match. Here in Bangkok it is 90 degrees. And to quote a Bangkok friend we are visiting, this is NOT hot. We flew from Yangon Burma this AM, and after a 1 ... 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