Cooked while you wait

Good bye Bangkok - Hello Cha Am

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July 17th 2006
Geo: 12.8, 99.9667After breaky we went back to Gems to look at jewellery. We were given a free taxi/minibus there and back. As soon as we arrive we are offered a soft drink then asked where we were from. Somehow you are allocated a guide who carries with her a calculator. As you look at something, she looks at price and very quickly works out the cost in Aussie dollars. I looked at bracelets but ... read more

Asia » Thailand

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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