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Bangkok. Start of my 7 week trip

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September 30th 2009
It's been 14 years since I was last in Bangkok (BKK), I was only 15 and I remember I didn't like it then, and to be honest my opinion hasn't really changed. OK, I admit the experience is now totally different, last time the 11 hour flight from London to Bangkok flew by, literally, as I was sitting in the comfort of Business Class with my sisters and my Granny. We were whisked from the airport to t ... 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