Grit and Temple

Power Shopping in Bangkok

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May 27th 2007
Bangkok for both my best friend Grit from Berlin, who visited me for 10 days and for me - was a city of shopping, hurting feet, constant sweating, our hotel pool, daily tailor meetings and temples. It think this sums up our experience the best. After we had spend 2 days on the beach in Hua Hin south of Bangkok on the East coast, we decided it is about time to head towards Bangkok to empty our ... 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