Our evening started with a buffet dinner, followed by a performance in the courtyard of dancers in traditional Thai clothing. However, the main event is the Siam Niramit show, which is held in the colossal 2,000-seat Ratchada Theatre, which according to the Guinness Book of World Records, boasts the largest stage in the world. It was built to accommodate the show’s monumental set pieces, a legion of performers, including real elephants, and amazing special effects, including boats floating along a realistic river. The show had the rather ambitious goal of portraying 700 years of Siam’s (now Thailand’s) history.