This tour ventures out a bit to the southern neighbor of Bangkok. Sumutprakarn Province lies in the south of Bangkok and is where the great Chao Phraya River makes its way out to the gulf of Thailand. It’s near Bangkok enough for an easy day trip and provides a nice escape of the city with interesting and beautiful attractions.
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Erawan Museum is a magnificent structure featuring massive three headed elephant made of bronze. The elephant statue is 250 tons, 29 metres high, 39 metres long and standing on a 15 meter high pedestal and looks really surreal from the outside. Inside decor is inspiring with a stained glass roof that lights up the intricately designed Avalokiteshvara Goddess (Guan Yin) statue (the Buddhist Goddess of compassaion) and the 4 huge supporting pillars that represent the world's four main religions. The museum is modeled after the Hindu universe, which consists of the underworld (1st floor), earth (2nd floor) and Heaven (top floor). The lower two floors are located inside the pedestal while the top floor is located in the belly of the elephant. The lovely, lush tropical garden surrounding the elephant statue is beautiful and well maintained and also features mythical creatures from Thai folklore.
Ancient Siam (formerly known as Ancient City or Mueang Boran, in Thai) is a park spreading over 200 acres and is aptly dubbed as the world's largest outdoor museum. It features 116 structures of Thailand's famous monuments and architectural attractions so you can see all that historic Thailand has to offer in this park. You will get an incredible insight into the majestic, fascinating kingdom of Ancient Siam without having to travel to all over the country. The area is large covering several acres and you can find many beautiful spots to relax and enjoy. Another cool fact of Ancient Siam is that its shape corresponds roughly to the shape Thailand itself, allowing each of the monuments to be established at rough precision in their own region. Some of the buildings are life-size replicas of existing or former sites, while others are scaled down. Outstanding works include the former Grand Palace of Ayutthaya (destroyed in the Burmese invasion of 1767), Phimai Sanctuary in Nakhon Ratchasima, and Wat Khao Phra Viharn on the Cambodian border.