Bangkok

Bangkok is the Orient's most cosmopolitancity and has attractions to stimulate even the most jaded travellers. Creatd the Thai capital in 1782 by the first monarch of the present Chakri dynasty Bangkok s a national treasure house and Thailand's spiritual, cultutal, political,commercial, educational and diplomatic centre.

Any visit to Thailand would be incomplete without a visit to its wonderous and chaotic capital, Bangkok. In 1782, Thailand's capital was established by the first king of the Chakri dynasty, Rama I, the name "Bangkok" is derived from Bang Makok, meaning "Place of Olive Plums". Located inland from the apex of the Gulf of Thailand, it is hard to imagine that Bangkok began as a city of canals and elephant paths as the Bangkok of today serves as the country's international gateway and its seat of government, business and the royalty.