Grand Palace 3

Sawasdee (hello) from Thailand

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August 31st 2009
So we made it through Indonesia's many forms of transport and meetings with Orangutans and here we are in Bangkok, we've been here for a week so here is the run down of the major points of interest: Storms - Its the wet season here in south Asia and from the bus journey into Bangkok and every night following there has been down pours, deafening thunder and lightning that lights up the whole s ... 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