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Christmas in Thailand

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January 5th 2006
When I first arrived in Bangkok, the place seemed like paradise. Walking out of the airport, there was no trash on the sidewalk! The bus I took into town was clean and air-conditioned. I never worried about where I ate my meals because all the restaurants looked hygenic. I had been expecting that after six weeks in India, Thailand would seem like a vacation, and I was right. I spent a few d ... read more

Asia » Thailand

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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