The city beckons

The Bangkok Jungle

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May 8th 2008
Cycling in Bangkok's City Jungle Before I started this visit to Thailand I had seen reports of bike tours in Bangkok - This interested me as a variation to the usual tourist type day tours and also posed some questions as to where you could cycle safely in the heavy traffic and pollution filled roads of Bangkok. It is suprising and satisfying to find that there are still some small poc ... 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