About to land in Bangkok

Arrival and Day 1 - Wet, Hot and Bloody Amazing!!

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April 22nd 2008
Quick Intro Got here (BoPhut) and Dan met me from the plane. As soon as I'd dumped my gear we went straight to the beach bar for a beer, a game o cards and then I jumped in the ever-so-warm sea. I don't think I've been in warm sea - very strange indeed but such a wonderful feeling! Bophut Beach is lovely, one of the best on the island so it is said! Today we hired a jeep (no I wasn't driving! ... read more

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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