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The Bridge Over the River Kwai  
   

The Bridge Over the River Kwai

Eastern and Oriental Express from Bangkok to Singapore

February 3rd 2010
The Eastern and Oriental Express from Bangkok to Singapore At precisely 6pm on January 31st, the green and cream carriages of the Eastern and Oriental Express pulled slowly out of Bangkok's Hualamphong station. Monk was on the observation deck at the end of the last carriage watching as the station and, later, the skyscrapers of Bangkok shrank into the distance. For a few seconds ... read more
Asia » Thailand

Thai Flag 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
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