Palace temple and Gold Stupa

Bangkok - Grand Palace, Giant Budda and a bus trip to Ko Tao

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May 31st 2007
Got up early today and got properly dressed (long sleves, trousers and shoes) for a visit to the Grand Palace. Left the guest house at 9ish and jumped on a Tuk Tuk to the Palace. At 9:30 the place was already busy with hords of japanese tourists and the temperature was increasing quickley. Got in fine and walked around the splended palace grounds taking oodles of photos. The gold statuets a ... 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