Bangkok, Suzie Wong's and Dutch Girls.... (not to be read by Grandparents or Mothers!)
November 1st 2008 After our tuk-tuk ride to the Thai-Laos border we hopped on the shuttle bus across the Friendship Bridge with a few monks with umbrellas on mobile phones and on to Nong Khai train station in Northern Thailand. We were due to catch the train at about 6 and we thought we could do with some food so a baguette was in order. We thought we'd go with the safe option of ham but when we opened it up on th
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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 
