Bangkok

Bustling Bangkok & Chilled Chiang Mai

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November 20th 2008
So the adventure has begun. We flew into Singapore Monday night, and stayed one night there in our little hostel in Little India. Our room was a double bed, and not much more - each wall touched each side of the bed. The shared shower/toilet was all in together so when we had our cold showers we stood above the loo and the entire area got soaked. We definitely jumped in the deep end of the backpac ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-East 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