Democracy Monument, Bangkok

Bangkok Madness

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September 29th 2006
After KL, I flew to Bangkok, with the recent bombs going off in the south and plus I was on my own I decided to fly in. I knew Bangkok was gonna be chaotic, but I'd been to Delhi and Mumbai so I had no issues. Met a french lad called pierre at the airport and we agreed to share a taxi to the legendary Thanon Khao San road. Straight away its gone off in the taxi. A police officer at the airport g ... 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