Wat Phutthaisawan, Ayuthaya

Many Wats and Many Thoughts: Ayuthaya to Sukhothai

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January 13th 2008
To get to the temple filled city of Ayuthaya, we decided to enjoy our first Thailand train experience. After picking up our passports the evening before, we headed off on Dec. 29th to make our way north. Getting to the Hualamphong train station and buying our tickets was fairly easy, first the bus, then the sky train, and then the subway with our bulging backpacks. Luckily, it was earlier in the d ... 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