View of the city centre from across the river

Suits, cycling and street-food in Bangkok

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July 31st 2015
Sarah: We arrived in Bangkok late Saturday afternoonafter a short internal flight from Chiang Mai: a bit of light relief after our last 16-odd hour marathon journey from Laos. At the busy domestic airport, we waited an age to get our luggage, waited less of an age to get a taxi, but then we were on our way to Sukhumvit in downtown Bangkok. We were initi ... 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