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BANGKOK

Bangkok was founded in 1782 by  Rama the I,  and he decided for stratecical reasons to move the capital to the eastern sida of the river Chao Phraya because it would be more protected by attacks from Burma in the west. The place was in that time a small market-place, which the foreigners called Bangkok, while the thai-people called it for  Krung Thep, ”The town of angels” which is a shortening of the full name

CENTRAL PLAIN

Central plain which is broading out northwards of Bangkok is the nations rice-shed. It´s also in this area the first historic developments did happen with the old kingdoms Sukothai and Ayutthaya.

NORTH CENTRAL PLAIN

In the northern part of the centralplain about 40 miles north of Bangkok lies  Sukhothais historical park and in the abandoned city there are ruins from about 40 temples. A couple of miles north there is another historical park Si Satchanalai-Chalieng which was a twin-city to Sukhothai.

SOUTH CENTRAL PLAIN

In the south central plain about seven miles north of Bangkok lies the city  Ayutthaya  which was devasted by Burma in year 1767. Here there are much of ruins around the whole  modern city. The city was in the 16 th and 17 th century, one of Asias most important trade-center. The portuguese was the first who came here at 17 th century and was later followed by englisch, dutchmen, franscheese and  japaneese.

NORTHERN THAILAND

Northern Thailand belonged to the ancient rich of  Lanna and also Burma into the 18 th century. Here in the north  the landscape is more hilly with higher mountains and thight woods than in other parts of the country. Here you find plenty of ancient monuments and museum and also markets which sells crafts and textiles which are typical for northern Thailand. In the region there are several grand national-parks. In his region there is also popular in walking much depending on the many differnt types of animals, but also the fascinating  mountain-tribes. In the area at the top of Thailand there are also several groups of half-nomade people which origin are from China, Tibet and Burma.

Northwest

In northwest Thailand lies the countrys second largest city Chiang Mai about  70 miles from Bangkok. The city have 200.000 inhabitans and inspite that the city is much smaller then the capital, Chiang Mai has almost the same numbers of temples. The temples were build bethween 13 th to 16 th centrury when the city was an important religous center through the Lanna-period.

North at the top

At the top in the north are the bordings of  Thailand, Burma and Laos meeting. The area is known as "The Golden triangel" for formely producing opium. This is now forbidden and are nowadays mostly replaced by new crops as for example cabbage, tea and different herbs.

The whole area has fast become a great tourist-attraction.  In the area there are many different mountain-tribes which mostly have kept there  traditional lifestyle. Here the landscape is grand and beautiful with the forest-dressed high mountains along the boarders to Burma and Laos and to the winding Mekong-river.

NORTHEAST THAILAND

Northeast Thailand  consists in greatest part of the Korat-plateau, The territory is also one of the countrys pourest in Thailand. Great areas consists of red soil and unproductive bushes. The area was part of the Khmer-rich in 7 th to 13 th century och was one of the first areas where rice growed and silk was weaved. Majority of the inhabitnas are related with the people from Laos.

SOUTHERN THAILAND

The Thailand-gulf western coast

The tradition of seaside resort in Thailand started in 1920 when the railway was built from Bangkok and 190 km. down to  Hua Hin and at the same time the countrys first golf-link was opening at  the Royal Hua Hin.

Another seaside resort is Cha-am which in the first place are aimed at the thai-people on the weekends which are here foremost for to drink at eat.

Southwest

The area west of  Thailand-gulf are closing to  Burma in the north and westward against India Ocan. It´s  also called Upper Andaman-coast. Here have in the latest 10-15 years tourism exploaded, mostly in the places  of Phuket och Krabi. That´s not so strange because here´s the countrys best beaches and places to diwe. The area have the most beatifully nature with corall-beaches, palmes, limestone-cliffs and rocky island 300 meters high, and also a green country with rain forrest. Here in the south the climate is very warm and at the same time have moistness the whole year. The area is characteristics for its abundant of fish and shellfish. Every month of the year there are a rich offer of fish, crab, lobster, mussel, schrimps and octopus.

South

The south part of Thailand have more comman with Malaysia  in the south  As a visitor you get an feeling to visiting another country. Here are the malaysian, indian and chineese influences obvious. The people in the area have also darker skin and speak with strong musicaly dialect or yawi a language related to malaysian and indonesia. The food here in the south are more spiced and there are often cyrry in the meny. As the southwest area in the Adaman-coast there are also here a abundance of different fish and shellfish.  

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