The Grand Palace

Elephants, Tigers and the Grand palace

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June 4th 2008
We arrived in Bangkok on Wednesday 27th May. Our initial impression of the city was excellent; we made use of the Hotel swimming pool, the Thai massage and Thai cuisine... so a pretty relaxed time! On our second night the darkest cloud crept over the city and within 20 min the streets were flooded, but its been mostly sunshine since. On the weekend we got the traveling bug again and took an org ... 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