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The ancient city and ex capital of Siam

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July 19th 2008
Day 6 in Thailand We travel by bus to Ayutthaya where we have a day room. We travel by Songtaew to vist Wat Yai Chai Mongkoi where we see the Vistory Stupa of Great King, a huge reclining Budda and a freaky real looking wax statue of a famous onk. Our guide is cool and we learn about buddism and what Ayutthaya was like when it was powerful then its fall after the war with Burma. We visi ... 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