Chao Phraya River

Bangkok #2: The Grand Palace and Wat Pho

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July 31st 2014
We got up pretty early, so that we could make a good start today. We skipped getting any breakfast at the hotel and we headed to Seven Eleven to stock up on breakfast there. I stocked up on coffee, a regular sandwich and a toastie. I think I have developed an addiction to these Seven Eleven toasties, especially because today's was heated correctly and wasn't cold in the centre, like last night's w ... 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