Monks at Wat Pho

Temples and Tuk-Tuks!

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February 9th 2010
So this is entry one in my whistlestop, Round the World adventure. At the moment I am in Bangkok although it is my last day here as I am off to Ko Samui this evening. Bangkok, has been amazing. (Please forgive any subsequent overuse of the word 'amazing'..or 'exciting', for that matter) It is a great city. Excuse me if I'm stating the obvious here but it is massive and hot. It is a vast, spr ... 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