Coral on the plane

Bangkok and Khao San Rd

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April 7th 2005
Well I'm here at long last. Bangkok. The flight from Vancouver to Hong Kong was a long, boring flight. The upside was that Cathay Pacific seems to be a really good carrier. There were already pillows and blankets for us when we got to our seats, and even in Economy class we all had our own television screen and could choose what movies to watch. So that was nice, but all in all I probably only ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok

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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