Long day getting to Sukhothai from Ayuthaya, walked across Ayuthaya, river ferry to train station, 4 hour train to Phitsanulok, walk across town to get a bus, 1 hour bus ride to Sukhothai then local bus to guesthouse!! But great guesthouse TR and really like Sukhothai Historical Park, so big and so many Wats! Spent very hot day cycling around a few and not Watted out yet! [View Full Entry]

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Remember the last blog where I said 3rd class train to Sukothai would be adventurous? Well it was. It was also torturous and horrendous. We arrived at the train station to find that the next train was fully booked and the next one was three hours later. “Not to worry, I’ll have two of those tickets then please”. As we sat down to get comfortable for our wait, Michelle asked what time we arrive in Phitsanluk at. I had presumed it would only be a four hour journey as the train we wanted to get originally, only took 4hrs. When I [View Full Entry]

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Photos from Sukhothai. See blog previous. x [View Full Entry]

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Day 339: Wednesday 3rd June - Sukhothai: Thailand’s first capital Why do I do this to myself? Taking 6 hour bus journeys at 10:30pm at night isn’t sensible - you arrive at your destination at 4:30am, a time you would much prefer to be sleeping. At least the journey on the first class government bus in more comfortable than that on the second class one. Decent suspension so you don’t feel the bumps in the road, seats that recline more than a couple of degrees and blankets are provided to combat the air-conditioning. When I arrive in Sukhothai bus station a [View Full Entry]

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So we are now in Sukhothai today we spent the day at the Sukhothai Historical park which has ruins from the 13th and 14th centuries it contains 193 ruins over 70 square kilometers! It has 26 temples! Although we saw only 6 of them! So we started of the day waking up a bit late of course and heading of once again in the peak heat, we had to catch this ghetto bus that took us to the old city, once there we rented bicycles for the day ( 60 cents each! ) First we started a little of route because [View Full Entry]

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Sukhothai means Dawn of Happiness and we certainly had a happy time here. For about 150 years this was the capital of Thailand and the Old City has been preserved as Sukhothai Historical Park. We hired bicycles and set off exploring the ruins, enjoying the sunshine and the wee breeze on our faces. This was our second dose of temples in a week but these have undergone extensive restoration work. The ruins are dotted around the park which gives it a much more serene setting unlike the constant traffic noise you hear in Ayutthaya. Only the stone temples remain at this [View Full Entry]

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greetings... thought i would share these photos from a day trip i took to sukhothai... one of the first thai empires as i understand it... i rode there from phitsanulok on my scooter, about 75km each way through beautiful rice paddy filled countryside... stopped on the way for a bite to eat and was handed the best menu i have ever seen... although i just had to make something up cause i couldn't figure out what anything was and the waitress was standing over me while i was reading it... i hope you can read it too... the ruins were special, [View Full Entry]

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So here I am now almost one week in Thailand and have had so much fun already. I spend two days in Bangkok and found a really quiet place down a small alley to stay. Away from the main tourist area but in a walking distance. I just walked around those two days relaxing from the hectic weekend before because of moving. And ofcourse I enjoyed the nice food: fruit shakes, fresh fried vegetables and sweet fruit, all sold on the streets. What a joy for the mouth, so delicious! After two days in Bangkok I felt like leaving, so in [View Full Entry]

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I figured out how to get a taxi from the Lopburi hotel in the end. There was another way out leading to a parking area where taxis and tuk tuks congregated. Sensibly enough, they don't wait in the main road. I packed yesterday morning and caught a taxi to the station. Sukothai isn't on the railway, so I would have to get a bus from Phitsanulok. In fact, though, I was stopped by a tuk tuk man at the station who offered to take me all the way to my guest house in Old Sukothai for 1,000B. It's about 60km and [View Full Entry]

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I'm back in Old Sukothai and there was a spare computer at Coffee Cup, so I thought I'd take advantage as I seem to have missed a few interesting things out. I've called this blog "What nots!" as I don't know what else to call it - and also because of the name of one of the many wats I've seen today. Wat Mai. I think "mai" means "not" in Thai. I've seen it used as a question - sabaidee means I'm fine and sabaidee mai asks if you are fine. I think it's used like "you fine, not?". Similarly chai [View Full Entry]

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