Grand Palace

The Vibrant, the Delicious, the Frustrating: Bangkok

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June 17th 2012
Bangkok is considered by many to be the backpacker ghetto of the world. Its cheap, its interesting, and there no matter how bizarre your tastes are someone is selling it. Who wouldn't want that? I took the overnight train from Kuala Lumpur. It left KL Sentral at 10pm and arrived in Georgetown at 8am and then I waited at the station until 3pm and got on another overnight train that arrived in ... 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