Wat Arun

Temple of the Golden buddha and sleepin it out

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May 29th 2005
Returning to Banglamphu from my all night vigil, I stop by Hualamphong train station to buy my ticket to Northern Thailand (Chiang Mai)... The goverment tourist employees spot you immediately as you enter the station and are quite helpful with times and details but subsequently lead you to a travel agent rather than directly to the ticket counter...."Come in, sir", he called out in a commanding ... 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