Bus to Bangkok

Curbside service in Samut Sakhon

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October 24th 2011
The day started when I was dropped off on the side of the highway in Samut Sakhon (about 30 miles outside of Bangkok) after a 12 hour bus ride from Phuket. Carolyn, Erika, and I, along with about 200 pounds of luggage, stood there in a stuper with a couple stray dogs staring at us as they walked by uninterested by the new farangs (foreigners) in town. Then a HOT PINK taxi from nowhere showed up ... 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