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Bangkok, Thailand.

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March 17th 2009
Yesterday (Monday) we were in Bangkok. Actually, we docked in the port city of Laem Chagang, about an hour and a half drive from Bangkok. We were picked up by a private car and driver with an English speaking guide, ´Chat¡, who took us to Bangkok for a city tour including the king's Grand Palace and the spectacular Temple of the Emerald Buddha. The highway to Bangkok and back was an 8 lane i ... read more

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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