King Rama VIII Bridge. B'kok

The Syrian, the Jews and water fights!

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April 20th 2008
The Arctic Monkeys song "From the Ritz to the Rubble" depicts a Saturday evening that was glamorous, but when he wakes up the next day and thinks about it realises that it was not all that. This best describes the difference in standards between India and Thailand. Whilst in India we were absolutely used to grubby rooms, bucket showers, cows in the middle of the street, begging, cars going the wro ... 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