Floating market

Day 4- Ayutthaya

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December 13th 2012
Another early start today as we headed off to Ayutthaya to catch a glimpse of the ancient city. This small city about 1.5 hours train ride outside of Bangkok once used to be the capital and royal residence of Thailand. We rented bicycles for the day - a quick, cheap and probably life-threatening way to see the ancient temples. I'm sure we ended up on the motorway at one point when trying to ge ... 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