Altar in ironically Named Temple of Victory of War

Taste of Thai Part II

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February 2nd 2007
"Hey, holy man, good beard! You need amulet. Good fortune," A small cross-eyed Thai in a Slipknot t-shirt advises me. Wow, that's better than the Turkish tout saying to me, "hey, my BEST friend. You need carpet, sale price!" I tell him, "No, I'm good." Second only in popularity with large golden buddhas and stupas and spirit houses and 7-11's are the small golden, bronze, bone, woo ... 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