Cabbages and Condoms

What's the capital of Thailand?

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June 24th 2007
Bangkok is the answer, of course. We arrived at the (business and filth) hub of South East Asia after a marathon 20 hours of flight. As we stepped out of the taxi, we were assaulted with a foreshadowing of things to come in Bangkok (busy streets and the combined smells of sidewalk chicken and sewer stench). While the "City of Olives" ( I didn't see a single olive there) is an assault on the sens ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok

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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