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Ancient City of Ayuthaya

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January 25th 2010
I decided to take the full day tour and was picked up early morning, then headed about an hour north of Bangkok to the ancient and former capital of Thailand, Ayuthaya. The rest of the day consisted of temple and ruin hopping around the town. Learnt lots about Bhuddism and saw ruins that were hundreds of years old. Seemed like Thailand had a pretty tough relationship with their neighbor Burma, as ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Ayutthaya

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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