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Day One

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December 29th 2007
Well, this is what you (or we) look like after 29 consecutive hours of travel. We took our 747 double decker plane to Taipei, Taiwan and then crossed into Thailand. Amazingly, we weren't that tired after all that air time considering we moved a day ahead of California time. We have walked through markets that smell of every odd thing smellable, and some we have never smelt before. We found good de ... 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