At the Grand Palace

Bangkok and Chang Mai

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October 27th 2008
We are currently in Chiang Mai - we arrived here three days ago after spending three nights in Bangkok. Bangkok was fun but quite a shock to the system after being on beaches for 3 weeks! We stayed on the Khao San Road which was very busy. We thought we would treat ourselves in Bangkok so we stayed in a nice hotel, it was so nice to stay somewhere decent after slumming it in beach huts. We've neve ... 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