Ancient pagodas

Thailand. A new adventure. Day 6.

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January 1st 2008
Sunday. December 30. Day 6. Bangkok to Ayutthaya. Bye Bye Bangkok. 6 am. The group-members gather for a final breakfast before boarding the bus at 7:30 and heading north toward Ayuthaya Province, about 50 miles north of Bangkok. Wat did you say? Three graceful pagodas, gray with age, stand lonely sentry surrounded by the crumbling remnants of a temple built about 600 years a ... 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