Builind of 1400

Ayutthaya

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June 3rd 2007
Got up early from our stuffy accomodation, packed our heavy backpacks and got a taxi to the train station - all arabnged with the TAT. The railways were like nothing else - made me really appreciate British transport! People were literally walking across the railway tracks, and getting water from random pipes - within the tracks, we saw some really broken down carriages go past - a far cry fro ... 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