Blogs from Ayutthaya, Central Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 43

At last I've got round to telling you all about my trip to Bangkok which included a free ride their,a really good football match and a nightmare getting home.It was a typical Friday morning and getting up alway's felt more difficult then usual.Usual meaning I alway's had a hangover and didn't get up until way after 1pm.That morning I didn't have a hangover but I was really eager to get a move on,I was going to Bangkok to watch Thailand vs Real Madrid. As I got to Tony's Place(a local hangout...)I waited for Andrew who was also coming to watch the game.One of the teacher's who is also a regular offered us a lift,and to be honest we needed it as we didn't have a 'scooby' were the stadium was.After a couple of hours we ... read more

We were sad to leave Lembongan, but excited to fly to Thailand to explore Bangkok and Ayutthaya. It was certainly a change of pace, but it was great experiencing the cultural history of Siam. Amazing temples, shrines, Buddha statues in the Grand Palace, Wat Po, and Wat Arun. Beautiful architecture at the Vimanek Mansion made of teakwood and the Jim Thompson House, an authentic Thai house built by an American (I know, quite ironic). We also spent a night on a dinner cruise down the Chao Praya River where a Thai she-male sang cheesy 80s songs and even some Korean classics (there were tons of Koreans on the boat...it brought new meaning to the word "FOB" for us when we finally got off). To top it off, the singer busted out the Titanic song by Celine ... read more

Yep, That's right i'm here for one year and kinda wondering how and why I'm doing such a job as teaching!I've decided to limit my blog to once a month as I'm working all the time and there are only a few moment's that are of interest to all the people who read my blog.(If it start's getting boring,please tell me.......)Where was I??? "Ah" yes,working here in Ayutthaya is great although I work for a language school so I have a 6 day week.The time I have off between classes and my day off I tend to get as much done as I can.I'm also trying to cut down my booze intake and do some fitness(yer right,it sound's good in my head)but getting into routine is bloody hard for a lazy bugger like me.Anyway I ... read more

Now we are traveling in the province of Ayuthaya which is about an hour and a half from Bangkok. That is a short trip unless you leave at 11:00 am from the islands and take a three hour boat ride then a 12 hour train ride plus another hour and a half train ride just to get there. On our first day we stumbled upon a weekend market. It was small but had a lot of neat stuff. The food was especially strange, we tried a green drink with some sort of jelly worm in it. It tasted like coconut milk, but with sugar added to it. I did not really like it, too sweet for me, but it seemed very popluar with the locals. We are staying in a quiet part of town where we ... read more

Greetings from Ayutthaya, After leaving Koh Samui with a sense of relief i headed of to Ayutthaya with my fellow TEFL teacher Ken May.Ken being a former resident and teacher in the old capital made me feel alot better about getting there in one piece.And after a short flight and a couple of bus changes of which i wouldn't of made if i was on my own(I'd have probably ended up in back-end of nowhere.)We reached Ayuttahya and as luck would have it,it rained just as we got of the bus and this was no shower it was monsoon rain.As we dashed through it I said to Ken "Now i know what a drowned rat feels like".I eventually arrived at my guest house an ex-pat hangout known as MM (don't ask why!).That afternoon i went ... read more