Side Streets

Bangkok

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October 18th 2010
Still in Bangkok, moved down town to the Thai Pain Hotel, a bit older but really nice and the staff are great. It is close to the downtown and just down the street from the Sky Train. I took the sky train down here from the oher hotel but I was on another line and altough the map said I could connect to the line near this hotel, when I got off the other train, at the right station, I could not s ... 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