The Central
Central Region
is a land of civilization ,besides being the country's most fertile
land on rice growing. It is also famous for its tourist attraction
places, which are lied prominently on natural resources and the
historic ancient remains. The prior mentioned are forests, waterfalls,
caves and beaches, while the later is ancient ruin temples or
palaces, historical places etc.The Central consists of tourist
provinces which they are Ayutthaya
(76 k.m..north of Bangkok),the former capital of Thai Kingdom
for over 417 years. Kanchanaburi(130
k.m. west of Bangkok),in which the world famous “ Bridge
over River Kwai “ is located. Lopburi(153 k.m.north of Bangkok)
consists a famous Ayutthaya period French style palace and a numerous
Hindu shrines. Phetchaburi (155k.m.south
of Bangkok) is famous for the Cha-Am beach and the last but not
least is Prachuap Khiri Khan
or Prachuap in short(281k.m. south of Bangkok) is
where the place called Hua-Hin which a famous royal summer palace
is located.
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