Floating Market Long Tail boat

Transport Thai style

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August 7th 2008
I have decided that this aspect of life in Thailand deserves an entry all by itself as it a bit different to anything we had experienced before. Firstly, the general feel of the traffic in Bangkok is still manic - noisy, crowded and seemingly without rules. Last time we were here (2004) we noticed that the traffic lights had little effect on the traffic flow as everybody ignored the red lights u ... read more

Asia » Thailand

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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