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November 25th 2006
Today J, CM, and J's uncle drove about an hour outside of Bangkok to Ayutthaya, the old capital city of Thailand. There we visited several wats, or Buddhist temples. Many times you will see cheddis inside the wat complex. A cheddi is a large conical structure containing a relic of the Buddha. At one of the wats, we were blessed with water by a monk. Buddhist monks have no money or earthly pos ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Ayutthaya

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

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CM and J

In 2008, 2009 and 2010, we travelled mostly in the Caribbean, US, Canada and Hawaii. We were just too busy to post travelblogs, and Facebook has been easier to post pictures to, although not as good as this site. Hopefully we'll get back to posting our world travels to this site! We've returned from our Fall 2007 trip to Europe, visiting Switzerland, Côte d'Azur, and Italy. We've returned from our 2007 trip to Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. As usual, we haven't completed all the posts, but will work on finishing them up. We've returned from our 2006-2007 four month around the world t... full info

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