Grand Palace Stupas

Bangkok

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March 27th 2009
When we arrived back on the mainland in Surat Thani we headed to the airport as we were catching a plane back to Bangkok because the train was booked up and it didn't cost us very much. The flight only took us about an hour and we arrived 20 minutes earlier then expected, we caught a taxi from the airport to where we were staying which was called Ban Sabai Hostel. Although it was called a hostel 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