SDC11987

Bangkok to Siem Reap

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January 19th 2012
We had booked the earliest train for 5.55am which meant an early start. We planned an early night before but this didnt work out so we had to stay awake all night. We left the Nantra at about half 4 and got a taxi to the train station 30mins away. This cost about £3 and cost less than the 5minute journey we got at the start of the trip when we had mug wrote on our heads. We got our tickets for th ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Aranya Prathet

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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