river view from my room

Bangkok...Day One

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July 29th 2014
My first Travel blog ever! SwadeeKa!!! or hello in Thai (CF - thanks for the spelling!) I'm sitting in my hotel room looking out over the Chao Praya River. I'm up 13 floors - yes - I'm on the 13th floor...but in my world that's good luck so I think it's kinda cool. Arrived last night - wow - getting here was amazingly smooth! Yes it took 24 hours door to door, but I flew business class (used ... read more

Asia » 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