Around the World with Ron Brown

World Travels with Ron Brown: Bangkok: The City of Gold

As all of its neighbors fell to French, Spanish, English, Dutch, and Portuguese colonial masters, Thailand managed to remain independent. The kings and queens of this fascinating country built gold covered palaces, Buddhist temples, giant statues of the Buddha and monuments. The small port town was transformed into a city shimmering with gold. Almost every weekend the residents of Bangkok hold a festival displaying their city of gold to the world. FOL