Some ruins

Thailand - Part II

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October 7th 2006
Thailand - Part II Ayutthaya I was researching the Net during the lunch-hour and came across the famous photo of the “Buddha head in a Bo tree” at Ayutthaya. I was highly intrigued. How this was at all possible? Stone idols do not grow on the trees after all. I called my junior colleague over. “Dev, Just look at this, How this sort of thing came about, I can’t imagine” I said, s ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ao Phang-Nga Marine NP

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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