Damnoen Saduak floating market, Thailand

SE Asia 2014 Day 20

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November 24th 2014
Up early, because we have a busy itinerary today. Breakfast at hotel, which features a nice spread that includes creamy scrambled eggs and "Canadian bacon", which we haven't see before on this trip, We head west out of Bangkok on the bus. Much of the trip is reminiscent of the 401: 4 lanes of traffic on each side, plus collector lanes. Speeds, too, are approaching 100 km/hr. We notice that many ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok

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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