Dubai from above

On your marks, get set ......

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October 10th 2015
Well, we almost had a false start! Despite allowing what we thought was ample time to get to the train station, what we hadn't factored in was long traffic jams on approach to the city centre (probably normal on a Saturday) or the zillions of people spilling out of the train station impeding our entry. This is probably only normal on a Races Day, which it just so happened to be. Hmmm, maybe we sho ... 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