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Bustling Bangkok

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March 5th 2011
Sweaty, hustling,bustling, muggy, lively,, bright, dark, busy, smelly (in good ways and bad), hot, humid, ugly, beautiful .... just a few adjectives one could employ to describe the chaotic urban melting pot that is Bangkok .... possibly the only capitol city in the world where you could get run over by a shop. We found our digs for our 2 night stay in a funky little backstreet between a temple ... 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