Little scamps

Ayutthaya - Temples and Thai Disco

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April 26th 2006
I spent a good few days in Ayutthaya which, for a Thai city, is a fairly peaceful place. Between 1351 and 1767, Ayutthaya was the capital of the country, before the powers that were upped house and shifted south to Bangkok. During its time as capital, the city suffered under near constant attacks from the Burmese, who almost blew the city off the face of the planet, and eventually took control of ... 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