ayutthaya (thailand) ~ unesco world heritage site

unesco world heritage site ayutthaya (thailand) was the 2nd siamese capital (after sukhothai and before bangkok) from 1350 a.d. till 1767 a.d. (wikipedia says 1351. who cares?). with about 1 million inhabitants around the year 1700 was ayutthaya one of the biggest cities on earth in that time. it was destroyed by the burmese in 1767 ...

all in one collage

the historical ayutthaya was surrounded by three rivers, the most important of them is the chao phraya river (Johannes Vingboons - Ayutthaya at about 1665 (source: Wikipedia)).

enjoy few pictures:

 king's summer residence 'bang pa-in' palace in 'ban len' outside the historical city

thai king's family

our travel guide today

huge buddha statue inside the (modern) temple

buddha, monday till sunday (wednesday comes twice 😃)

ayutthaya historical site:

without shoes, as the huge part of this summer

lunch break

two of us, jumping high 😄

thai police ~ there is probably not much crime in buddhist countries, is it?

buddhist monks

more pictures here
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bangkok, thailand

our flight from georgetown to bangkok with backpackers' air asia was quite fine, let's see what has changed in the city from our first visit it 15 to 20 years ago :-)

part of thai king's grand palace in bangkok (it is just a little bit more than 200 years old because the destructed former thai capitols sukhothai + ayutthaya are in the central/northern region of the country) ~ damn, for me still the nicest man made part of the earth i've ever seen ...

... coming soon or never: pictures + insights as comments below the pictures 😃

our next stops? the koh samui island + ang thong marine NP

what about bangkok in 2019? here we go, enjoy pictures + insights.
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