Took the train to Ayutthaya this morning, about 60 miles or so north of Bangkok. It was the capital of what is now Thailand in the 1300s and home to some 1,000,000 inhabitants at that time! Unfortunately it was trashed by the Burmese in the mid 1700s being all but raised to the ground. The new city has been built along side the old, with the ancient remains now contained in what they call a historic park. The remains are very impressive indeed and one can only imagine how spectaculer the old city must have.
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