Night time Temple

Heading north

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October 21st 2010
Suzanne here... After such an idyllic few days, the next section of our trip was unlikely to match up, and indeed it has been a bit of a struggle at times. We set off from our guesthouse in Haad Yao with some regret. It was a three hour boat trip to the mainland, followed by an hour and a half on the coach, and that was just to get us to the train station. It all went ok though, and we got t ... 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