Monk in a box

Day 140 - Scam bus to Bangkok

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April 23rd 2006
Found cheap tickets for bus to Bangkok, thought they were a bargain, too much of a bargain? Today we both went to the temple but only I was fool enough to climb over 1300 steps to the summit in the searing heat, I rang the sweat from my t-shirt at the top :-p Amazing view over the surrounding countryside and Krabi town below. Back to town for the bus to Bangkok for 3:30pm. First we got dropped off ... 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