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Foreign and Thai tourists visit the Kuha Karuhas pavillon located inside the Phraya Nakhon cave, in the Khao Sam Roi Yot national park, some 300 kms south of Bangkok on December 5, 2010. The pavillon was built in 1890 on the occasion of a visit to the cave by King Chulalongkorn, the grand-father of current King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Getty Images) …

Pakistani national Muhammad Athar Butt (C) is escorted out of the Department of Special Investigations (DSI) building by Thai policemen in Bangkok on December 2, 2010. Thai police on December 1 arrested two Pakistani men and a Thai woman suspected of providing forged passports to organisations linked to Al-Qaeda, the authorities said during a…

The Ancient Siam, or Muang Boran in Thai, is like an open book of history and an open door to the real Thailand. Here you will find numerous reproductions of palace halls, temples, stupas, stone sanctuaries and traditional houses. You can also visit several reconstructed historical buildings, authenticated communities with their inhabitants doing …

On an island on the Chao Phraya River in Samut Prakan, there is a 100 year old fortress called Phi Sua Samut Fort. It was built in order to protect the approach to Bangkok which is further upriver. The only skirmish that the …

Close to Bangkok is Club Taco at Beung Taco in Bang Phli District of Samut Prakan. There you can enjoy cable wakeboarding. It costs 200 baht for two hours or 500 baht for four hours. They also have beginner boards which you can …