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Bangkok!

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July 14th 2005
Bangkok has been great so far. We arrived on Thursday and eventually (delayed for over an hour in a cue at immigration) made it to our hotel which is so luxurious (and yet much cheaper) compared to what we were getting in Europe! We had a little shop in the massive big shopping mall downstairs. Friday we had our Khao Yai National Park Tour. We had a very early start and headed out to this ru ... 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