Thailand's most impressive Khmer ruins not quite worth the effort of the journey
June 3rd 2009 Day 337: Monday 1st June - Arriving in Nang Rong unwell
Catching the overnight bus from Bangkok to Nang Rong, I broke one of my rules. Usually if a journey is more than 8 hours I will take a night bus and if it is less I will travel during the day. I didn’t realise that the journey to Nang Rong would be so short - 5 hours - which after leaving Bangkok at 11pm, puts my arrival in Nang Rong durin
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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 
