Buddha head entwined in a tree

Ayutthaya - Go see the Big Buddha but forget the backpacker scene

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December 30th 2012
Ayutthaya, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a former capital city of Siam, a place we’d never visited, and a mere 2.5 hrs. drive from Kanchanaburi, so it was decided, Ayutthaya would be next on our Itinerary before we headed back to Bangkok to see in The New Year. After weighing up our options we decided to book ourselves onto one of the dreaded tourist minivans, it was the quickest way to get fro ... 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