Me with the Reclining Buddha at Wat Po

Bangkok Arrival!

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March 3rd 2009
I'm here! After three flights and one bus ride, I arrived at my hotel just before midnight. The travel was fine, but it was a very long day plus. My ride to the airport arrived at 4:00am (thanks Steph!) and I flew from RDU to DC at 6am. After a 4.5 hour layover, I flew 13 hours to Seoul. After a 1.5 hour layover, it was another six hours to Bangkok. I warched a total of five movies (Slumdog ... 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