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Another Wat

The dawn of civilisation

February 22nd 2005
On Monday we took a very early bus from Chiang Mai, southwards to the town of "new" Sukhothai (the nearest town to the most ancient capital of Thailand). After a six-hour trip we emerged from the bus, took a Sangthaew (pick-up trucks with wooden benches in the back that act as buses throughout Thailand) into town, found a nice questhouse ("Garden House") and rented a bungalow in the very green ... read more
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Thai Flag 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
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