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Escape from Bangkok?

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May 28th 2007
Neil- Bangkok. The journey continues. Today our only goal was to obtain visa's for onward departure to Laos. Easy you would think. We just needed to get to the Laos embassy, hand over our passports and pretty picture, job done! Han- Jesus H Christ! At this point I would like to say to the Lonely planet writer who reccomended going to the Laos embassy as a cheaper option - Have you actually eve ... 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