river boat

Bangkok A-GO-GO

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January 11th 2006
Well, on the 7th we arrived in this great nation's capital at 6am on an overnight bus from Krabi. "Super VIP" obviously means something different in Thai - perhaps "five changes of bus, not allowed to recline your seat because of luggage piled up behind you and plunged into pitch black with no option of a reading at 8 pm", We really should get an up-to-date phrase book. We've been staying in a ... 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