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3 Days In Bangkok

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February 19th 2009
After three days in Bangkok I am quite looking forward to getting out of here. It's been fun, but I've spent most of my time trying to fight off con-artists and touts. Every single person here has some kind of motive, the tuktuk drivers all wanna take you somewhere you don't wanna go, someone talking to you in the street has some kind of motive, its paranoid city! Was involved in a very elaborate ... read more

Asia » 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