Head shot of reclinging Buddha

One day in Bangkok

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April 16th 2006
I met up with my brother and his family today to spend the week in Thailand, but only one full day in Bangkok, so it was a jammed pack day. We visited the Grand Palace which is where Thai royalty used to live but now is a guesthouse for foreign dignataries and state dinners and Wat Phra Khaew, home of the emerald buddha. The buildings in the Wat compound were incredible. I have seen pictures ... 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