37. Last Stop: The Big Mango
March 3rd 2008 (N) Bangkok was founded in 1782 by the first monarch of the (present) Chakri dynasty. It is now the country's spiritual, cultural, diplomatic, commercial and educational hub. It covers an area of more than 1,500 square kilometres, and it is home to approximately ten million people or more than 10% of the country's population. Interestingly (I think), "Bangkok" means something like "Village of th
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