Statue grand palace

oriental walk

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June 29th 2016
Woken this morning by the Muezzin's call at 5am. Who needs sleep anyway. By the time I've got the shower figured out and got myself sorted it's time to hit the buffet. And a substantial one it was. Just the thing to set a bloke up for a long day's sight seeing. Headed for the Grand Palace and hadn't gone more than 500m when I saw a couple of young guys looking lost and staring at a cellphone, so l ... 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