Sally and the giant reclining Buddah

Day 2 - Bangkok, Thai massage and the sleeper train

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October 22nd 2013
Curry for breakfast? We decide not, and opt for the less Asian fare of freshly cooked omelette, pastries and pancakes. A walk through the backstreets then took us to the Chao Phrya river where we had an hour long, almost round trip to experience life on the water's edge. No yuppie apartments here. One bank is lower than the other and there were plenty of abandoned houses and even a temple (sti ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Southern Thailand

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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