Bangkok 20141216_040943

Bangkok

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December 19th 2014
We flew overnight from Perth to Singapore, and then a connecting flight onto Bangkok. Arrived exhausted, and very glad of the pre arranged airport taxi who met us and drove us to our guesthouse. The Riverview Guesthouse is down a maze of small alleys in Chinatown, and would have been hard to find on our own. The guesthouse certainly lives up to its name....having a splendid view over the Chao Phra ... 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