text: [{"text_idx": "#000011", "text": "Aranyaprathet to BangkokAranyaprathet to Nakhon Sawan"}, {"text_idx": "#000036", "text": "Nakhon Pathom to Hua Hin"}, {"text_idx": "#000041", "text": "Nan to BangkokNan to Chiang Mai"}, {"text_idx": "#000042", "text": "Nong Bua Lamphu to Bangkok"}, {"text_idx": "#000046", "text": "Phrae to BangkokPhrae to Chiang Mai"}, {"text_idx": "#000048", "text": "Ranong to BangkokRanong to Phuket"}, {"text_idx": "#000054", "text": "Sukhothai to KalasinSukhothai to Khon Kaen"}, {"text_idx": "#000057", "text": "Trang to BangkokTrang to Phuket"}, {"text_idx": "#000077", "text": "Koh Yao Yai to Langkawi"}, {"text_idx": "#000079", "text": "Pak Bara Pier to Koh Lipe"}, {"text_idx": "#000080", "text": "Pattaya to Hua Hin Ferry"}, {"text_idx": "#000084", "text": "Trat Airport to Koh Kood"}, {"text_idx": "#000089", "text": "Nakhon Si Thammarat to Bangkok"}, {"text_idx": "#000091", "text": "Phitsanulok to BangkokPhitsanulok to Chiang Mai"}, {"text_idx": "#000092", "text": "Prachuap Khiri Khan to Bangkok"}, {"text_idx": "#000094", "text": "Trang to BangkokTrang to Hua Hin"}, {"text_idx": "#000102", "text": "Hua Hin to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)"}, {"text_idx": "#000112", "text": "By joint ferry and bus service the journey from Koh Phangan to Nakhon Si Thammarat is scheduled to take between 4 hours 20 minutes and 5 hours 30 minutes depending upon which service you take and your final destination."}, {"text_idx": "#000116", "text": "Arrival in Nakhon Si Thammarat"}, {"text_idx": "#000119", "text": "Wat Phra Mahathat in Nakhon Si Thammarat is one of the most important and impressive temples in Southern Thailand. Wat Phra Mahathat has a very long history which according to local legend goes back as far as 291 AD with the construction of a small chedi on the site of the modern temple containing a holy relic. What Wat Phra Mahathat is really famous for, however, is its 78 metre tall Sri Lankan style chedi tower surrounded by 173 smaller chedi located around it in a symmetrical pattern. This \u2018forest\u2019 of chedi is unique amongst temples in Thailand and reminiscent of Buddhist temples in other parts of Asia, such as the Kakku Pagodas in Myanmar."}, {"text_idx": "#000120", "text": "At the time the large chedi was built, in the early 13th Century, Nakhon Si Thammarat was at the forefront of the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand. Prior to that the people of Nakhon Si Thammarat and most of the rest of Thailand followed the Indian influenced Mahayana school of Buddhist belief. In many respects Wat Phra Mahathat in Nakhon Si Thammarat is credited as the birth place of the modern Buddhist church in Thailand."}]