Baan Chantra

First Stop Bangkok

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February 9th 2009
An excellent first leg with Qantas, complete with complimentary upgrade to Club because Nick's In Flight Entertainment box kept rebooting! (Have to remember that trick for the future!) Staying at the Baan Chantra guesthouse on Sam Sen road. See www.baanchantra.com Small, traditional wooden building with very friendly proprietress. She got the idea for the guest house after staying in briti ... 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