New Siam

Manchester to Bangkok

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June 26th 2013
Tired is the word of the day. Up at 3.30am, Flights were good and food amazing albeit a bit chickeny. BA flight up to expectations, jet airways to mumbai was great -huge plane, lots of food and tv's - managed to watch new die hard plus pride and prejudice, math was on big bang theory most of the way. Jet airways to bangkok was a more 'rustic' plane but despite stress of mumbai airport ... 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