
Forgotten Capital: Ayutthaya, Thailand
Ayutthaya is Thailand's secret. More than secret, I venture to say Ayutthaya has simply been forgotten. Once the capital of the Kingdom of Siam, time has forsaken it into oblivion. Well, maybe I'm exaggerating. Though the odd truth is that it took three trips to Thailand and a couple of empty days in Bangkok in which we constantly asked the Tourism Board what we might do around Bangkok for the reluctant secret of Ayutthaya to be revealed – an architectural treat merely 85 km