Buddha

Sukhothai

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March 13th 2005
Today we left early in the morning to go to Sukhotai, one of the oldest cities in the Thai kingdom (which as I mentioned before does not mean it it that old, but still). We had a bit of trouble getting out of Ayuthaya because the first bus that was going in our direction turned out to be full, which we did not even realize until it left, so we were not that dissappointed. We passed the next 1.5 ho ... 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