Bromeliad house, Pattaya

Hot and sweaty in Bangkok

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March 11th 2010
We normally travel up here during the wet season so the higher temps have come as a bit of a shock. Still, after two days we seem to be acclimatising well. The flight up was fairly uneventful although the beginning was interesting as a guy, roughly our age but carrying a lot more weight than us, started performing in the departure lounge and carried on in the aircraft about how his health(!) wo ... 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