Wat Pho

Bangkok and a rendezvous with an old friend

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August 13th 2013
Our flight from Beijing to Bangkok took off at 3am and despite a few hours of interrupted sleep on the plane, by the time we touched down I felt as though I hadn't slept a wink. Dazed and bleary-eyed, we grabbed a taxi to our hotel. We were staying at iCheck Inn, a brand new budget hotel just off Silom Road. We'd struck gold as it was offering an openi ... 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