King Narai’s Palace in Lopburi was built by King Narai the Great, the king who ruled Ayutthaya from 1656 to 1688. He ordered the palace built in 1666.. King Narai stayed here for about 8–9 months a year. He designated Lopburi as the second capital of the Ayutthaya Kingdom. When the king died in 1688, Lopburi and the palace were abandoned.
Richard Barrow's first website about Thailand was launched in 1998 making him among the first of the travel bloggers in Thailand. Twenty-five years later, he is the most well-known of the bloggers in the Kingdom of Thailand. Ambassadors and government ministers are known to be among his followers. During the series of protests and the big flood, expats, tourists and the world media looked to him for accurate and up-to-date information.
