Golden Mountain

The Beginning

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June 4th 2009
Sa-wat-dee kraup from Thailand! I am writing to you from the Soh 1 Guesthouse in the Sukhumvit district of Bangkok. My friend Brian and I are spending our second night here after spending our first night in Bangkok off of Khao San Road. I arrived last night after a full day and a half of traveling. The flight from Dulles to Tokyo was a little rough as I happened to get a seat next to a rambu ... 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