Noodles in Chinatown

Wat spotting & ping pong in Bangkok

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April 2nd 2009
The next morning we got up and decided to head to the Thai History Museum. The lying planet said that it was very interesting. It isn't. The information cards were so dryly written and often badly translated that drumming up any interest was a real effort. We got travellers guilt about skimming through the exhibits so quickly but then we saw a pair of buddhist monks who started behind us but had o ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central 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