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June 7th 2005
Now we are traveling in the province of Ayuthaya which is about an hour and a half from Bangkok. That is a short trip unless you leave at 11:00 am from the islands and take a three hour boat ride then a 12 hour train ride plus another hour and a half train ride just to get there. On our first day we stumbled upon a weekend market. It was small but had a lot of neat stuff. The food was especially ... 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