Buddha in a Bodhi tree

Ayutthaya

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May 20th 2009
Ancient, crumbling monuments are the draw for tourists here and in it's heyday the sunlight reflecting of the gilt decorations on the temples was said to dazzle from three miles away . We hopped on the train up from Bangkok - third class with no air con, just a fan, proved to be a hot, sticky option but for a journey of just two hours we had decided to get on with it and save a good few baht. Dang ... 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