death railway

kanchanburi

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July 10th 2008
We met up with sue a dave in bangkok saturday afternoon. Stayed in a posh hotel for two nights witch was relly nice after staying in cheap gesthouses. Had a wonder round bangkok, went up khao san road witch is touristy but good people watching. Went to the grand palace witch was amazing well worth goin to see, then went to the reclining buddha witch is huge. Caught a train to Kanchanburi, were we ... 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