Mom and the kids in a tuktuk

Songkran – the holiday that never ends?

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April 15th 2008
Our day began around 6:00, and not long afterward, Natalie popped her head in to sing, “Good morning!” Everyone had mostly slept well, though as we had been warned, the air-conditioning on the train worked better and better throughout the night and by morning, it was 66 degrees in our compartment and we were freezing! We pulled into Bangkok at 7:30 and were heading outside to find a taxi (or ... 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