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Tuk Tuk Tut

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June 25th 2006
Had a bit of a lay in the next day. Headed into Bangkok's Hua Lamphong district (main train station). We mainly wanted to see what the part of Bangkok with all of the touristy things was like. We got off the metro and were in a rubbish bit of town. We thought we could walk to the area we wanted to, but were stopped after about five minutes by a local guy. He again drew all over our map telling us ... 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