Wat Arun

Bustlin Bangkok

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September 12th 2007
Here I am in the land of lady boys, good time girls, tuk tuks, scammers, pad thai, crazy drivers, busy streets and wats!! As soon as I landed I felt more into the backpacking community as in HK there weren't that many folk like me....or maybe I was looking in the wrong places!! but here, there were backpackers galore!!Hotel was spot on, very clean and the thai staff couldn't have been any nic ... 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