Sukhothai

Sukhothai and Samui

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January 30th 2007
Sukhothai - a dirty town with a dirty name, home to us for a grand total of 1 day, was a replicate of some wild west town where the latest technology was the knife and fork. Went there to see the ruins before travelling to Bangkok. The ruins were certainly impressive at the entrance but tom had spotted on the map an almost hidden ruin far away down a desolate road. As we had rented out some bicycl ... 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