Elephant Ride

Tuesday December 15, 2009, Ayutthaya, Super Hot & Humid Day

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December 15th 2009
Tuesday December 15, 2009, Ayutthaya, Super Hot & Humid Day So we left Bangkok this morning to begin the second leg of our trip, Ayutthaya and Chiang Mai (Northern Thailand). We got off to an early start, and we were on our way out of Bangkok by about 9am. Leaving Bangkok was a little sad, only because the city has so much to offer, particularly with the amount of diversified travelers coming t ... 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