Kao San Sunset

Thailand Revisited

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October 28th 2008
We continued our journey by taking the train from Kuala Lumpur to Bangkok. The ride consisted of two overnight train journeys with a half-day stop in Butterworth, Malaysia. This gave us an excellent chance to cross over to Penang and explore the historic city of Georgetown. Its colonial buildings and bustling Chinatown have recently earned it a place on UNESCO's world heritage list. We arriv ... 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