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Bangkok

View of the Khlong from the roof
Bangkok

February 8th 2010
We had a 6:30 am wakeup call for our flight over to Bangkok, but it wasn't that bad as we got to watch a bit of the Superbowl while we were getting ready. The flight was fine, clearing customs was a breeze and we were soon in a taxi to head into town as the new Suvarnabhumi airport (try pronouncing it, its actually pronounced su-wan-na-poom) is about 30km east of Bangkok. I had picked another tr ... read more
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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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