Scott and James

Bangkok: our gateway to SE Asia

---

October 8th 2007
Well we've now started our third country of the trip, Thailand. Since we decided to fly out of Mumbai a little early we now have a few more days to play with over the course of the next month. Originally we had planned on staying in the center and north of the country, some light trekking in the mountains up north, Bangkok for a week, and a little beach time out east. Now that we're here though wi ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok

---

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