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Thailand - Blend of Culture, People & Beaches

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Vacation In Thailand Pattaya Beach For a long time, I was planning to visit one of the most beautiful country in south east Asia Thailand . Thailand is famous for both its urban city life like Bangkok and natural beauty like Coral island. Landing at Thailand Bangkok City From Sky Since, I reside in India, journey to Thailand is not very long and take mostly around 5-6 hours, more if there is a halt in between. I landed in Bangkok to a warm welcome! Since, I haven’t applied for visa beforehand, I had to take visa on arrival . I must say the green channel express service was very fast and it took not more than 15-20 minutes to get the visa on my passport. I was charged 400 Baht for the service which is nominal. The visa fees itself was slashed to 50% for tourist promotion during that time (January). The people were courteous and very prompt.  The Airport Me at Suvarnabhumi Airport I landed on  Suvarnabhumi  airport, which itsel...

Madame Tussauds - Bangkok, Thailand

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Mr. Narendra Modi - Prime Minister of India On my travel journey in Thailand, I got the chance to visit modern marvel, Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. The world famous chain of life size wax statues of famous peoples who have contributed in human history in some way. The experience was truly mesmerizing. The details that are put in the statues are truly astonishing. Sometimes, they felt so alive that it feels like they are about to come to life. You have to touch them to let yourself know that they are not real! Though, I was not fortunate enough to spend whole day at this wonder world, still I got fair amount of time to appreciate its beauty.      History Mahatma Gandhi - Father of India The museum is named after the famous wax model creator   Marie Tussaud.  She was born as Marie Grosholtz in 1761 in Strasbourg, France. She was from a humble background.           Her mother being a housekeeper for Dr. P...