sukhothaiiii...wow....

sukothai and then lop buri... a barrel of monkeys!

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March 24th 2006
So, we left Chai Mai, and headed to Sukothai (it means "The Dawn of Happiness"... thanks mom). We were planning to see Ayuttaya, but Sukothai was older - the first thai kingdom - and it just sounded much more amazing. Sukothai was awesome! The city itself was a little drabbb... but we stayed in an awesome cottage-esque hotel with nice gardens, a fab cafe, nice rooms, and hammocks! It was gorgeo ... 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