Charles trying on his suit

Bangkok

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January 7th 2010
From the peace and tranquility of Mama's bungalows we reached the jetty in Ranong and tried to secure a taxi back into town. As it turned out, the man who brought us was Soi's brother - sadly not known as 'Uncle'. He dropped us at Pon's Place where we had a bite to eat and then took a taxi to the bus station to catch the one o'clock mini-bus to Chumphon. When we got there we discovered that ... 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