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10 years of Thailand blog: Evil spirits at Bangkok airport

By Peter (editor)
Posted in News from Thailand

October 11, 2009

This week, reports appeared in various media about the six-meter-high demons that have a place at Bangkok's airport: Suvarnabhumi International Airport. These are replicas of the "gatekeepers" that you can see at the Grand Palace.

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