Statues, Grand Palace Grounds, Bangkok

Bangkok

---

August 27th 2006
With a couple of emails to my Uncle (whose wife is Thai), I managed to discover some relations in Bangkok - his nephew (Tao) and nephew's girlfriend (Aiew) are going to university there and he arranged (on quite short notice) for me to stay with them. They even met me at the airport! I spent 4 days in Bangkok where I saw the sights and learned a little Thai. Tao and Aiew don't have very much ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok

---

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