MBK Center Bangkok

One Day in Bangkok

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February 9th 2007
Made it! Man what a brutal flight. It was about 1:00a when I cleared immigration. Of course I forgot my sunglasses so had to go shopping right off the bat. My hotel is next to Bangkok's largest shopping meca, the MBK center. It's 5 floors of swap-meet style vendors selling anything and everything you can imagine. I got a pair of "genuine" Raybans for 200 baht (about 6 dollars) and an unbelieveable ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok

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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