Bangkok

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December 13th 2009
Wow, that was one super long journey. I think it took about 35 hours to get here from the time I left my front door. Bangkok seems like a really cool city so far. A lot of different people from all over the world!! You see them all just walking down the street. We spent our first day just doing the typical tourist thing. We managed to knock off the Grand Palace, Grand Mount (awesome view from t ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok

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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