Ayutthaya - Large White Pagoda

the top spike used to be real solid gold but was stolen by opportunists with a helicopter in the sixties - before that time it was nigh on impossible to traverse its steep spire and remove the half tonne or so of weight at the appex

24th Jan - 6th Feb: Back To Bangkok - Track & Ruins

March 21st 2008
Fully relaxed and ready to go we bode farewell to Koh Chang and caught the return bus back to Bangkok, the complete journey (both ways), including the ferry rides cost us the grand total of around $16 USD or £8, man you gotta love this country. On returning to Bangkok we decided not to stay around the Kao San Road circus this time, opting instead for the much more sedate and civilised Rambuttri ... 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

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