Monks at the River Kwai Bridge

Kanchanawhatsit and Ayuthingy!

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May 11th 2007
Having seen Matt and Sarah off in style we chilled for a little while in Bangkok to recover. It wasn't long though before we were headed out again. We had over a week until our flight to Hong Kong and knew that we didn't want to spend it all in the chaos of the Khao San Road. We decided to do a mini loop round two towns of interest not far from Bangkok. Both of which had such complicated names ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Ayutthaya

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more