Grand Palace

Passage to Bangkok

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March 15th 2006
Written Wednesday March 15, 2006 at 8:22 am Here we are on the not-so-shinkasen train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai. We’re still adjusting to the extreme differences between Thailand and Japan but one of them is definitely the trains. Right now we are about an hour behind schedule, which isn’t too bad, but the ride is much jerkier and significantly louder. This wouldn’t matter if we were tr ... 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