P and reclining Buddha

Thailand

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October 1st 2005
September 30: We had our first decent coffee in two weeks at a Starbucks clone in the Singapore airport and caught our flight to Bangkok. Singapore airport is great. On the way down, we watched a random 30 minute chunk from the middle of War of the Worlds, which was really scary. When we got to Bangkok, we faffed about in the airport for an hour or three buying phone cards and calling hotels an ... read more

Asia » Thailand

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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