Emerald Buddha

Thai Maw-Saage?

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July 17th 2008
Fourteenth Stop: Bangkok, Thailand. After spending over a week in the chaotic and freakin hot Egypt, we were happy to be on our way to Bangkok. We had heard from several people that Bangkok is a dirty city not really worth staying too long in. Surprisingly, this characterization wasn't true at all. Maybe our perspective was skewed by Egypt, but Bangkok appeared to be a relatively well develope ... 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