Kerry on Khao San Road

Thailand - Part 1: Tailors, elephants and opium

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January 2nd 2007
We got the bus from Cambodia to Bangkok which involves going along a very bad road which most people found to be one of the most horrendous road journeys ever! However, we didn't think it was too bad in comparison to some of the other roads we had been on so far. We arrived at the infamous Khao San Road at about 7pm and it was heaving. We wandered around looking for a guest house amongst hundreds ... 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