Bangkok- Grand Palace (2)

Thailand Again!!

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December 21st 2006
Flew back from Phnom Penh (Cambodia) to Bangkok on the 21st December. Booked into hotel in Khoa San Road (one of the few with a pool - Nice). Met up with Liz just before Xmas and we headed to Ko Samet just outside Bangkok for a lovely Xmas by the sea. Was a really lovely experience spending Xmas sunbathing and swimming, but somehow (even with the local restaurants playing jingle bells), just di ... 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