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Published: July 30th 2009
Yesterday we first went to BangPaIn Palace which is the summer palace for the royal family. We were quite lucky to get in; we arrived at the summer palace around 10:45 AM and after that they closed it since the princess was expected to arrive at 11:00. It was her 57th birthday the day before and she wants to spend some time with her family. The summer palace is about 60 km north of Bangkok. After that we went to
Ayuthaya which is another 20km from BangPaIn. Here we visited quite a bit of ruins; these temples were built 400-500 years ago; some were maintained and the rest is pretty much in bad shape. We arrived back in Bangkok around 6:00 PM. It rained a bit yesterday in Ayuthaya and also in Bangkok. The Toyota Innova van that we rent yesterday with a driver runs with natural gaz. It is only 11 Baht a litre compared with 29 Baht for oil gaz.
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Luc
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its a nice place BangPa in palace. A lot of building in Bangkok compared to Saigon. Enjoy Thailand before getting soaked in Mtl.