Elephants of Ayutthaya

Ayutthaya is situated around 80 Kilometers North of Bangkok and is the old capitol city of Thailand. Thailand's capitol in the mid-14^th century and remained the capitol until the late 18^th century until the Burmese attacked and sacked Ayutthaya. They cut off all the heads of the Buddha statues and stole the gold from the wats (temples).
The Ayutthaya period is looked on by many as the time when much of what is now thought of as "Thai style" was developed. Regarding temples, this is when you see a marked transition from the Khmer style "prangs" to the bell shaped "chedi." While Sukothai further north is seen as the birth of the Thai kingdom, Ayutthaya is seen today as its high point.
The came Khrung Tep (Bangkok) which is of course the present capitol. This is a great historical day out and there is always the option of seeing parts of the old city from an elephants point of view.