BK, Us atop Wat Arun.

Thailand, Bangkok

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June 16th 2007
Bangkok We arrived in Thailand after a short flight from Saigon and played a brief bout of where to and how much with the usual mob of taxi drivers. We haggled for a while before finding out there is a bus for $1.50 apiece that drops us off right at the infamous Khaosan Road (Taxi drivers wanted $15+). Khaosan Road Khaosan Road is known as a "tourist ghetto" of sorts and ... 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