Backwaters of Bangkok

Bangkok Madness!

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August 9th 2008
We touched down in Bangkok about 9pm and decided to catch a bus to the Khao San road which is the backpackers Mecca and a good place to start, the whole place was bustling with people and lively music, the humidity was intense and the temperature 33 degrees! We couldn’t find our guesthouse to start with so we must of walked around for a good 30 minutes in the heat with the backpacks on, it was h ... 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