Si Satchanalai Historical Park

The walls of the mandapa (or shrine) are covered with elephants

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Day 27 travel from Sukhothai to Chiang Mai

March 21st 2012
Our third (and final) day of the road trip from central to northern Thailand started with a visit to Si Satchanalai Historical Park where we visited three different Wats. Each one was unique with the layout of the structure, design of architectural elements (like the Stupa, Mandapa and Vihara) and depiciton of Buddha. All of these were also functioning places of worship for the locals as we saw in ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai

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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