On the way to Ayutthaya

Leaving Kanchanaburi

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December 10th 2009
Everyone really wants to get to Laos, so decide not to go to Khao Yai National Park. We caught the public bus to Ayutthaya, about three and a half hours. We changed buses, and the next one unfortunately had TV. Really bad soapy, and so loud you couldn't talk. It wasn't pleasant at all. In Ayutthaya we bought tickets for the overnight train to Khon Kaen. This makes it a lot of travel in a day and ... 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