Lumpini Park Bangkok view

Bangkok

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October 12th 2016
Suzanne here... The eleven hour flight to Bangkok was fine. I had wondered what a long-haul flight with a budget carrier would be like, but Eurowings were pretty good. Neither of us managed to sleep though. We arrived in Bankok at 9am, and took the City Line to Phaya Thai. I felt just a bit of trepidation on the journey in for some reason. Not because it was new, we've been to Bangkok before. I ... 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