Lily Bowl - Grand Palace

What's the capital of Thailand? --Part II

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June 26th 2007
For day two of our Bangkok excursion, we headed to the Chatuchak weekend market. This is not your ordinary outdoor market... it spans several blocks, and our travel book recommends you take six hours to tour it! According to Wikipedia, it's THE largest market in the world, with 35 acres and 15,000 stalls. We were on the accelerated program, and decided to take the two hour tour. If you couldn' ... 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