Northern Thailand 002

Sukhothai

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January 31st 2009
The trip to the North started out really good! Our first stop was to Sukhothai, the original capital in Thailand. We stopped and got these little bananas (about half the size of normal ones, and much more yellow) and they were so good! We also got these banana chips, which were awesome too. We then went to the Sukhothai Historical park, and walked around and saw the ruins of old temples. We di ... 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