My apartment view again

Things are very cheap here.

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June 5th 2009
Prices are actually a big part of what makes Thailand so different from the U.S. In New York a decent meal is upwards $12, rent is ridiculous, and a cab ride to the airport can run you close to $50. In Thailand, I have discovered, this is not the case. One dollar gets you around 32 baht, which means... A dinner is around $1.75 A cab ride to the airport (around, oh, say 45 minutes) is $15 A ... 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