Buddha at Night

Bangkok Here We Come

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February 17th 2008
Bangkok was a welcome respite from the chill of East Asia. We were eager to jump down to the beaches and sights of southern Thailand, so we crammed as much as we could see of Bangkok into two days. We spent a day on Bangkok's notorious tourist mecca, Kaosahn Road, where you can get just about anything a farang (foreigner) could want--except a t-shirt big enough for Chris. We helped o ... 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