Introducing the Bangkok And Southern Thailand Academy of Rip-off’s, Deviousness and Scams March 24th 2007 Travelling in Asia has broadened my mind. Every hat I try on is a few sizes too small.
I need a hat though; otherwise I get light headed and swear more.
I’m lucky because if an occasion should arise where I needed to describe my necessity for a hat to someone who could only communicate using a dictionary, my page flicking finger would be saved because “sweat” and “swear” are on the s ... 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
Years of staring at maps, debating routes, saving money and boring anyone in earshot with constantly changing plans finally culminated in our D-Day. 28th August 2006. The day that Vik and Bob went global.
Having made it to New Zealand without taking a single flight, we reached the conclusion that neither our finances nor our sea legs could stomach another container ship journey so we've cheated and taken a flight from New Zealand to Bangkok. From Bangkok we hope to stick with the overland theme and take a route home through Southern Asia: China, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey...
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