Grand palace 9

Definitely not that scary

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March 5th 2010
Went to The Grand Palace today. Taxi went through China Town which looked as cool and bustling as all the ones we've seen but a bit more modern and clean. The Palace was amazing like nothing we've seen so far- beautiful temples embezzled with sparkly 'jewels' and gold, very exuberant. Spent a couple of hrs looking round- it was a very hot sunny day. Walked to Kao San Road after (backpackers par ... 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