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 Located
in South East Asia, Thailand shares borders with
Myanmar, Lao P.D.R, Cambodia, and Malaysia.
Thailand has many major rivers including the Mekong
and the Chao Phraya, and has shores on both the
Indian and Pacific Oceans. The kingdom consists
of four regions divided into 76 provinces.
Bangkok
Bangkok is one of the Orient's most cosmopolitan
cities and has attractions to stimulate even the
most jaded travelers. Bangkok is one of the Orient's
most cosmopolitan cities and has attractions to
stimulate even the most jaded travelers.
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Bangkok is one of the
Orient's most cosmopolitan cities and has attractions
to stimulate even the most jaded travelers. Created
in 1782 by the first monarch of the present Chakri
dynasty, Bangkok is a national treasure house
and our spiritual, cultural, political, commercial,
educational and diplomatic center.
Some of the main attractions for the visitor in
the "City of Angels" include Wat Phra
Kaeo, the magnificent Grand Palace and nearby
Wat Pho and Wat Arun (The 'Temple of Dawn') across
the Chao Phraya river. Also theVimanmek Mansion
Museum located behind Bangkok's National Assembly,
the National Museum in walking distance of the
Grand Palace, and silk entrepreneur Jim Thompson's
Thai house at the end of Soi Kasemsan 2 opposite
the National Stadium on Rama I Road. |
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