Wat Pho

Going nowhere fast

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July 22nd 2006
hi all, well we are still in Bangkok.we went to the train station last night to catch a train to Chiang Mai to ride a few elephants and couldnt get a ticket outta here for two more days! felt a bit daft checking back into our hotel a few hours after checking out but hey ho. we have had a really cool few days though. We have been on a long boat ride down the river with temples then the boat driver ... 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