Sukhothai

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 BGCOLOR="#99FF33" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="1a0b005f0ddxavd.jpg"> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=160 BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Sukhothai</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="05d644b0.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="75" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home"><U><B>Home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id147.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><B>Contact Us</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id173.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mae Hong Son"><U>Mae Hong Son</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id185.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chiang Rai"><U>Chiang Rai</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id195.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chiang Mai"><U>Chiang Mai</U></A></div> <div> <B>Sukhothai</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id212.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kanchanaburi"><U>Kanchanaburi</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id240.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bangkok"><U>Bangkok</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id241.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ChaAm HuaHin"><U>Cha-Am & Hua-Hin</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id249.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pattaya"><U>Pattaya</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id248.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Koh Samui"><U>Koh Samui</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id250.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Krabi"><U>Krabi</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id251.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Koh Phuket"><U>Koh Phuket</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="05d644b0.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="75" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=385 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="d0e90320.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="d1113100.jpg" border=0 width="275" height="272" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> In the year 1238, the city of <B>Sukhothai</B> meaning "Dawn of Happiness" became the first truly independent Thai kingdom. </div> <div> Historical artifacts have shown that Thai culture, notably the language and alphabet, originated in <B>Sukhothai.</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> The city is where King Ramkhamhaeng first used a written script, a religion and a clear royal code of law to unify the scattered Thai tribes into a nation.<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> It is also the site where Thai artisans developed their own architectural and artistic traditions to replace the previously predominant Khmer Bayon style. Heavy, all-stone symbolic monuments gave way to light, spacious masonry and wood structures of the soon-to-be typical Thai Buddhist temple. In architecture too, Sukothai artists and their craftsmen left their mark.<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Located in central Thailand amid particularly fertile land, <B>Sukhothai</B> is important historically and culturally, with many reminders of the city's glorious past set in protected parks recognised as World Heritage sites.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Hotels & Resorts In Sukhothai</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="535" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFCC > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#FFFFCC HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="277"><div> <A HREF="id198.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Northern Palace Hotel"><U><B>Northern Palaces Hotel</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFCC WIDTH="241"><div> <A HREF="id210.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pailyn Hotel"><U><B>Pailyn Hotel</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#FFFFCC HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="277"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="277" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFCC WIDTH="241"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="241" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#FFFFCC HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="277"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="277" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFCC WIDTH="241"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="241" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#FFFFCC HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="277"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="277" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFCC WIDTH="241"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="241" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id178.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Amazing Thailand Destinations"><U><B>Amazing Thailand Destinations</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="d5832320.gif" border=0 width="306" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Asia Journey Quality Star</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>can offer you a whole range of Guesthouses, Hotels, Resorts, transfers, tours. </B></div> <div> <B>Please let us know your preferances. </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="359" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFF99 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#FFFF66 HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id147.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><I><B>Please contact us for more details.</B></I></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>