Backpacker's Street

Last stop on our amazing adventure... Bangkok

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August 26th 2011
We arrived in Bangkok Friday morning and after settling in at our hotel, we set out to discover as much of Bangkok as possible in 1 day. We started by taking the skytrain to a boat bus dock. After asking numerous people if we were in the right place and waiting, we discovered that the boat we wanted to take was no longer running for the day because the part of the river it travels was closed for a ... 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