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Shaz and Alan relax on the steps outside the Temple of the Emerald Buddha  
   

Shaz and Alan relax on the steps outside the Temple of the Emerald Buddha

More stuff about Bangkok

October 21st 2005
Eggs 1 & 2 We ended up staying in Bangkok for three days and 4 nights, and really enjoyed it. A number of folks go there and have not a lot of good things to say - focussing on the pollution, the noise, the traffic etc - and it's true, these exist in excess. However, being the awkward b'tards that we are, we quite took to the place. On our second day, we visited the Grand Palace ( which w ... read more
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Thai Flag 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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