Giant Swing

Halloween on Khao San Road

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October 31st 2005
Grand palace attempt 1- The appointment of the Deputy Prime Minister & Public Health Minister meant the Palace was genuinely closed in the morning & not just closed because some tuk-tuk driver is after a quick buck. We walked through the outskirts of Chinatown down cloth-sellers' street, Buddha-sellers' street and the dual purpose guitar & typewriter shopping street (correlation? adept with ha ... 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