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Ruins in Sukhothai, Thailand

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January 1st 2010
Sukhothai, Thailand, by Paul From Chiang Mai, in the north of Thailand, we went halfway back down to Bangkok by taking a bus trip to a town called Sukhothai. Sukhothai was the capital of Thailand from the 1200s to the 1400s. It was sort of where the “Thai-ness” of Thailand was first developed, and where Thailand started to come together geographically. It was also one of the largest ... 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