Wat Phra Mahathat

On the Road to ...

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February 20th 2008
Well, here we are backtracking our way from Sangkhlaburi to Kanchanaburi on our way to Ayutthaya. It's the only way. One way in & one way out. We leave earlyish, around 9.30, it takes 3-4 hours to get back to Kanchanaburi. We are making the journey with Regula, a half Swiss-half Egyptian woman who we met. She is going on to Bangkok. We make a stop for food around one hour into the journey (Thais a ... read more

Asia » Thailand

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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