Day Eleven - Bangkok 009012031 Bangkok (53)

Day Eleven - Bangkok

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December 31st 2009
Day Eleven - Happy 2553 We started with a big breakfast at Rickys before heading to the pier to get the river taxi. Some harridan tried to get 100baht each out of us for a tourist longtail but forewarned we just got the public ferry for 13baht each. We cruised down the river seeing the Grand Palace, Wat Pho and Wat Arun and finally arrived at our stop. We walked up to Chinatown 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