Stories about 20th Century History in Bangkok
He Went For A Walk in the JungleMaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,427] There is an air of mystery about the Jim Thompson home in Bangkok.
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Loy KrathongMaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,427] Loy Krathong is a special festival celebration in Thailand in November. Float your sorrows away and release your hopes and dreams into the heavens.
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Pathum Thani province |
Nonthaburi province |
Mae Hong Son |
Buriram province |
Ko Tao |
Sukhothai |
Ko Phi Phi |
Uttaradit province |
Khao Yai National Park |
Nakorn Chaisri |
Phimai |
Ko Phangan |
Chonburi province |
Lopburi |
Ranong |
Satun province |
Nakhon Ratchasima |
Lampang |
Ko Sichang |
Narathiwat Province |
Hua Hin |
Mae Sot |
Khon Kaen province |
Phetchaburi |
Yasothon province |
Surat Thani |
Golden Triangle |
Hat Yai |
Songkhla province |
Tak province |
Thailand |
Phang Nga province |
Kanchanaburi province |
Samut Songkhram province |
Krabi |
Nakhon Phanom |
Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng |
Chachoengsao province |
Ko Chang |
Khon Kaen |
Chumphon |
Ko Samui |
Surin province |
Chiang Mai |
Nakhon Pathom province |
Loei province |
Nong Khai province |
Phuket |
Udon Thani |
Ayutthaya |
Kampaengphet |
Ubon Ratchathani |
Bangkok |
Phitsanulok |
Lancang-Mekong River |
Nakhon Si Thammarat province |
Chiangrai province |
Ko Samet |
Umphang |
Rayong |
River Kwai |
Mae Sai |
Ban Chiang |
Savannakhet |
Pattaya
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The Venice of AsiaMaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,427] I could have been in Venice. Bangkok is a city of canals and waterways.
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Thai Means FreeKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632] A review of a book about the Free Thai, the anti-Japanese resistance movement during WWII.
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Bangkok
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The Curious Case of Jim Thompson, Thai Silk KingKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632] "On Easter Day, 1967, American businessman and founder of the modern Thai silk industry James H.W. Thompson disappeared while supposedly on a stroll in the jungle-clad Cameron Highlands, central...
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Bangkok
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Royal BargesMarc Schultz - mschultz [263] June 12, 2006 - More than 2,000 chanting oarsmen paddled glittering longtail boats before the world's royalty and tens of thousands of spectators to honor Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 60th...
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Bangkok
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The Grand Palace, BangkokRobert George - rgeorge [1,340] King Rama I built the Grand Palace in 1782, the same year that Bangkok was made the capital of Siam. The Grand Palace complex houses the royal residence and throne halls, a number of government...
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Bangkok
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War and Peace in ThailandKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632] * * * * * Review of David K. Wyatt's Thailand: A Short History , Silkworm Books, 1999. * * * * * Contemplating the bloody American Civil War, Henry Adams dimly concluded that "man from the beginning...
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Bangkok
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