Blogs from Ayutthaya, Central Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 44

Hallo allemaal, Na een aantal dagen zonder internet, eindelijk een pctje gevonden in de lobby van een hotel. Helaas hebben we nu alleen maar de foto's en het verhaal van dag 1 bij ons... Maar goed, iets is beter dan...... :-) Groetjes, Jacinta en Ramon Dag 1, Bangkok Hallo allemaal. We zijn nog geen dag hier, en nu al genoeg om over te schrijven!!! We beginnen bij dinsdag: Om 14:30 zouden we vliegen, en na een tussenstop voor flesjes water bij de Albert Heijn, arriveerden we vrij laat om 13:00 bij Schiphol. Wat ik nog nooit eerder meegemaakt heb: er stond NIEMAND bij de incheck balie. De stewardess wist ons te vertellen dat er in het complete toestel (boeing 747, capaciteit 650 mensen ofzo) slechts 150 man zouden zitten. Lekker rustig dus. Bij de paspoort controle ... read more

Well hello averyone! Just wanted to give you all an update on where I am and what I am doing. Last email I sent to you all I was in Bangkok running around seeing all the buddhas. The day after, on Sunday I met up with my friend Georgia, and her fellow travellers Anna- Kari and Jens, in Bangkok. We met quite early and spent the morning in Lumphini park, having a look at all the people doing tai- chi. After that we took the sky train to Chatuchak weekend market, which is a massive market in northern Bangkok...... well worth a look if you're in the area. After that we went to Siam Centre in central bangkok and then we met up with Jarno (the Swiss- Italian guy!) on Khao Sarn Road in the evening. ... read more

Ah, finalement je quitte Bangkok. Grosse ville, passablement sale, excessivement poluee et plus populeuse que mexico a l'heure de pointe. J'ai passe le plus clair de mon temps a osciller entre ma chambre d'hotel, divers restaurants, et ma chambre d'hotel. Le jetlag plus le depaysement etaient assez debousollants. Ayuthaya est un peu mieux, il y a beaucoup de temples mais malheureusement, etant une ville satellite de bangkok et une destination touristique prisee (pour ses temples) - Ayuthaya etait elle aussi un peu trop dispendieuse. En fait, le problement etait principalement le manque d'endroits ou s'asseoir et se reposer. Imaginez une ville sans chaises ni parcs ni restaurants (les restaurants sont des stands dans la rue) - alors je confesse : j'ai bouffe chez McDO (scuze maman). Mais, j'ai eu la chance de rencontrer un conducteur de ... read more

Hello, Again I have no pictures, but I'm still trying to figure this city out. It's very crowded and it seems like most of my pictures are of temples or Wats so far. There's A LOT of temples in just Bangkok (over 400 is the last quote) and they're all along the river. I think I've seen about 12 so far and I've been touring for 3 days. Today we went to Ayuthaya which is the ancient capitol of Thailand. It was built in the 1300s (?) and 33 kings lived there. It was destroyed by the Burmese but the ruins are still there, which seems pretty amazing seeing how old it is. We also got to ride an elephant, her name was BaiThei and she's 20 years old (hopefully pictures later...). It was a little ... read more

From Kanchanaburi I travelled to Ayuthaya, a small city just north of Bangkok. Ayuthaya was once the capital of the Siam Empire - ( which I never got the dates written down so will add in later. Damn!! This is why I should write these at the time) Littered all around the city there were ageless ruins and Wats (temples) from this time, many destroyed by the Burmese before the fall of the Siam empire. It was strange to walk out of the traffic straight into the relative silence of a semi destroyed temple, and be faced by rows upon rows of Buddha statues built into the walls. Silent sentinals watching all. I say this - many had actually had their heads stolen or removed and put into museums to prevent this - it still felt ... read more