Iona and I visited Ayutthaya, the ancient capital of Thailand, as a day trip from Bangkok. (It's about 76km outside of Bangkok.) Far too early in the morning for vacation time, we were picked up by a minibus. We had a hilarious tourguide, Mr. K. to keep up amused though. I don't think he was conciously funny...but just a quirky, weird man! He was constantly mumbling to himself and running off to the next place without telling anyone. Between every sentence he said 'Umm, YA!', 'So, YA!' or 'Ok, YA!' Basically, our day consisted of visiting ruins, temples, ruins, temples and more ruins! The ruins are a result of the invasion by the Burmese army in 1767. Ayutthaya was founded in 1351, but collapsed in the mid 1700s when the Burmese armies burned it.....a little history
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