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Happy New Year!

January 1st 2007
Greetings from Bangkok and Happy New Year. The fireworks here in Bangkok were much more than anyone expected! Unfortunately we did not learn about the bombs that went off until after midnight when we got back to the hotel. We were a little slow on the uptake. We are staying in an area called Ploenchit which is near the World Center where the last bomb went off. I was out in early evening af ... read more
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Thai Flag 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
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