Buddha

Bangkok's Backpacker Haven

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November 8th 2010
Bangkok is all it's said to be. Bold and daunting from the minute you get off the plane, however we instantly felt more at ease and safer here than we did when arriving in San Jose. Perhaps we were lured into a false sense of security by the politeness and the thousands of greetings and smiles you recieve from the Thai people before you have even left the airport. One thing Bangkok knows well is i ... 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