Blogs from Ayutthaya, Central Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 5

0918 ICT 12 February 2103 Special express train #9 After grabbing breakfast in the grand club, I caught a taxi to Hualumphong train station. The cab was whistled in from the street, and I got more of a reminder that I am not in America than any anything else that has happened so far. The stopped the cab at a gate, and checked it for bombs with the mirror all the way around before letting it up. So the cab makes it the 6th form of transportation I have taken so far in the last day or so, with my train to Ayutthaya being the 7th. Bangkok traffic is insane. Major intersections often have a 4-5 minute wait before your lanes get a light again. Each direction gets its own tutn, and there may be 5 ... read more

Arrived back in Thailand after our family get together in Perth and started our trip around Central Thailand. Our first stop was in the garden province of Samut Songhkhram which included visits to a unique country market along the railway tracks, several floating markets, a paddleboat journey through the canals and of course a Buddhist temple. The next stop was in the district of Kanchanaburi and here we spent lots of time visiting the various memorials dedicated to the those who worked and lost their lives in the construction of the Thailand to Burma Railway during WW2. We walked the bridge over the River Kwai which has now been restored after the original bridge was destroyed by Allied bombers. Particularly moving was the Hellfire Pass Memorial which included a well laid out museum and a trail ... read more

I checked out of the T&T Guesthouse early and got Tok to give me a lift to Kanchanaburi bus station to make use of the super-cheap but often sluggish Thai public transport system. The journey actually went quite smoothly, as I rode the public bus to Suphanburi before changing to the aircon minibus to Ayutthaya. The journey overall took around 4 hours and cost 120 Baht (about £2.50). Autthaya is located on a natural island, bounded by the Pasak, Lopburi and Chao Phraya rivers. It was the previous captial of Thailand (formerly Siam) and one of the largest and wealthies cities in the East, until it was sacked by the Burmese in 1767. It is now a UNESCO World Heritage site, containing numerous ruined temples and the former Royal Palace. On arrival, my first plan was ... read more

After finally getting over New Year! we headed into Bangkok to explore the temples and visit the floating market. The market was a good experience although didn't feel like it was the REAL floating market of Bangkok, more of a tourist floating market. We took a boat out and floated around the market and alongside the homes that are built over the river, we were then taken on a speed boat around some of the main highways! of the canals (sea sickness tabs anyone?) The real eye opener was the magnificance of the reclining Buddha we saw in one of the temples. The monument the was about the height of 2 double decker busses and about the length of 3, a truly spectacular site. We also saw a standing Buddha which was about 80 - 100 ... read more

Ayutthaya : The former capital of Siam (Thailand) Ayutthaya once was the capital of siam(Thiland now) siam empire was so large. but go up must fall down, Ayuttha was burned by Burmess in second war of losing Siam. Today I will bring you to back of Ayuttha to see what is remain today, see the ruin and you will see why you should come to this province. ... read more

Este k vcerajsiemu ranu,potom ako sa opat spievajuce anglicanky zobudili zistujem,ze vedia cesky ale len 4 slova kurva, dobre ,mraky, nebe. Vstal som nevim o kolkej,bo motorola nesla zapat. Podla mp3 mohlo byt 5 hodin,musim si ale prestavit aj tam cas,bo nevim jaky tam mam nastaveny. Chvilu som sa prehadzoval a nakonec som musel ist na zachod. Po vylezenei zo stanu ma privitali srny,vsade mokro,v stane tiez. Vodu som nakonec zo stanu pomocou handry dostal von. Zacal som sa balit,oblecenie komplet mokre,ale zatal som zuby a navliekol to na seba. Zlozenie a odovzdanie stanu prebehlo bez problemov. O 7/00 som vyrazil smer Pak Chong,cakalo ma asi 47km chodze. Auta ziadne,po pol hodine konecne volako islo,ale nezastalo. Po 10km dalsie auto a to mi zastavilo, parada. Uplne mini auto,ledvaj som sa dnu s batohom nasackoval.Thajsky par vedel ... read more