baby elephant

3rd day in Bangkok and surrounds

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August 27th 2006
Yesterday, we went to a floating market in Damnoen Saduak- it was really cool. All the stalls were on boats, and we were in a small push boat.. full of tourists- but it was pretty. The market sellers would pull your boat in and try and convince you to buy something! We're getting quite good at this bargaining game now and got some hefty discounts. On the way back to Bangkok, we saw some elephant ... 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