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Homeward bound

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May 1st 2010
After 11 months and 14 countries we are about to board our 16th flight of the trip - back to the UK. We began our journey sleeping in a tent in Africa and have ended it staying in luxury at the Park Plaza in Bangkok (one upside to the protests is there are some great hotel deals to be had). We have been shopping up a storm these past four days (leather bags are soooo cheap) and also ventured up ... 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