Gold Buddha at Wat Trimitr (Bangkok)

Bangkok to Chiang Mai

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February 7th 2007
After we left Ko Tao (and another wobbly boat ride to Chumphon) we were herded to a restaurant/pub rather amusingly called 'the Farang' to await our overnight bus to Bangkok. Farang means white westener basically. No-one else seemed to think it at all amusing that we'd been left there... The overnight bus to Bangkok was ok surprisingly and we were unceremoniously dumped about 400m from Ko San Road ... 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