Hotel treat!

Bangkok, Day 1

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October 16th 2009
The day started with a quite lovely 5:30am wake up, and a taxi to the airport for our 8:55am flight to Bangkok. There’s a lot to do in Hong Kong airport, so we busied ourselves looking around the shops. I was very, very distressed to have to leave behind a bracelet in Tiffany because we were just 200 HK$ short, though soon perked up when John promised he’d get me something from Tiffany in To ... 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