Wat Mahthat

Sukhothai; Frolicking and Biking Through Ruins

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January 10th 2010
Waking up early in hopes to get the first train tickets to Phitsanoluk (the closest train station to Sukhothai), we arrived at the Bangkok train station at 8:15am, but all tickets for the early trains had already sold out, so we got on the 10:30am train. Packs in tow, we hung out at the Bangkok Hualampong Station for a couple hours, reading, writing, and of course, drinking Thai iced teas. ... 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