Blogs from Lopburi, Central Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 7

We are now in Lopburi. We are staying in the old part of the city (a few miles from the new city). There are a lot of ruins here (temples and a palace). There are also a lot of monkeys, around the ruins and also in the town. I have a lot of pictures that I will add later. - Matt... read more

So, we left Chai Mai, and headed to Sukothai (it means "The Dawn of Happiness"... thanks mom). We were planning to see Ayuttaya, but Sukothai was older - the first thai kingdom - and it just sounded much more amazing. Sukothai was awesome! The city itself was a little drabbb... but we stayed in an awesome cottage-esque hotel with nice gardens, a fab cafe, nice rooms, and hammocks! It was gorgeous! (but still no toilet paper!). Wednesday morning, we headed to the Old City/ Historical Park... it was quite spectacular... so very many old temples, buddhas, and chedis were scattered throughout this beautiful enclosed park. It was a sunny day, and we rented some cool bikes, which were defenitely an asset, as the grounds of the park were pretty huge. It was such a nice day... ... read more

So far our travels have been amazing, we have eaten a lot of great food, met some interesting peple, and seen some increadable sites. But our traveling has not been without rocks in the road. We left on this journey with the hope to learn more about the culture in which we are traveling in. Well we have learned a lot but at the same time it is difficult to understand Thai culture, or any culture for that matter, without knowing the language. As it is, we can only observe, and guess why things happen the way they do rather than receive feedback from the locals. Even if we could speak the language we would still be ignorant of some aspects of Thai life because we are not Thai. Since we wish to travel the world ... read more