Thai Man fishing the river

Ahhhh Ayutthaya

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January 24th 2010
What was expected to be an overnight visit to Ayutthaya, turned into 5 wondeful nights and some great experiences. It started with my journey from Bangkok. I caught a cab from Khao San Road to the Northern Bangkok Bus Station. It was 200 baht, which I considered to be fairly expensive, until about 3/4 the way to the bus station you could see boredom and slight frustration of my driver, indicati ... read more

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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