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Last Day in Bangkok

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December 31st 2007
This morning was our last morning in Bangkok, so we decided to charter a longtail boat to go into the canals. After using body language to negotiating our fare with the driver who spoke no English, we hopped in the boat to see where he would take us. We pulled off of the main river in Bangkok and into a little side canal lined with houses and shacks that had been there for decades. It was so amazi ... 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