On the long tail boat

Bangkok day one

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August 11th 2013
The trip here yesterday, Saturday, was uneventful. The impressive airport in Bangkok made it very clear that this town is far more developed than Hanoi. In fact it makes all the London airports seem rather third world! Meeting our driver was a little complicated but we finally found him and got to our hotel in the middle of a lively part of Bangkok. First impressions of the hotel were not good as ... 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