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Democracy Monument

In my aimless wanderings on the way home I stumbled across this. It's a monument build in the 1930's to memorialize the establishment of a constitutional monarchy.
Do you know how hard it is to get a taxi in Bangkok?

January 9th 2008
The answer is pretty damn hard. But I'll get to that in a little bit. Today was not one of my brighter days. Thank you to Kristin who tried to tell me that I was being a stereotypical guy and was being crazy. Well my legs are certainly paying for my "bright" idea. Anyway, I'll get to that soon enough as well. Since I went to bed at 7:30 last night I ended up waking up at 5 this morning wel ... read more
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Thai Flag 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
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