Blogs from Phitsanulok, Northern Thailand, Thailand, Asia

Ce matin nous sommes partis du super bled de Lopburi après être retournés faire une dernière caresse aux funny funky monkeys. Nous avions l'idée de prendre un train vers Phitsanulok pour ensuite aller à Chiang Maï. Nos plans ont légèrement changés quand nous avons rencontré un français, une belge et un couple d'italiens. Il a été décidé que nous les rejoindrons demain à Sukhothai, une ville apparemment très belle (on vous donnera notre opinion bientôt). Le train en Thaïlande c'est aussi quelque chose. Il ne faut pas être pressés ! Il roule en moyenne à 60km/h et est à peu près, toujours en retard. Une fois arrivés on a trouvé une petite ghesthouse sympathique et sommes allés nous balader avec Colette, l'enseignante en arts belge rencontrée précédemment. On a visité un jardin ornithologique (avec quelques oiseaux ... read more

Hi all, We woke up early to head to the bus station in Phitsanulok, which was about a 20 minute walk from the Royal Place hotel. The bus was 57 baht (just over £1) to get to Sukhothai, about an hour away. We even me some girls from Stroud on the bus...small world. The ruins of Sukhothai is advertised in the Lonely Planet as one of the top 10 sites in Thailand, which is why we chose to come here. Definitely worth the visit due to the fantastic architectural style columns and Buddha figures. When we arrived in Sukhothai we hired bikes for 30 baht each-very good spec as you can see from the photos. We cycled to the central zone (there are 5 zones in total over 5km squared). Each zone is 100 baht each. ... read more

Hello Followers and fellow bloggers, As most of you know, Neil lost his Dad on 02.01.15 due to a blood clot in his heart. It was a terrible shock to all of Malcolm’s family and friends; words just cannot describe it. Malcolm’s send off however would have been everything he’d want and more, which was arranged by his family on the 21st Jan. The funeral was held at St Edwards Church in Netley, with an estimated turn out of about 300+ people, many of which had to stand at the back of the church and once that was overflowing, a large number waited outside in the rain!! The service was perfect; Neil read his funny/ tear jerking Eulogy and Adam read a very moving poem. After the proceedings, everyone went over to the Netley Central Club ... read more

Geo: 16.82, 100.27I go out for the breakfast this morning as Jai was still dozing.We were talking about staopping another night largely so that I could watch Eng v NZ on TV here tonight. In the end we have decided to stick to plan and return overnight tonight. With breakfast over we take a tuk-tuk to the Arcade bus station and discover that is it now possible to get a bus straight from here to Roi Et avoiding the stopover and bus change etc at Khon Kaen. We havent done this before or travelled with this company before so fingers crossed everything works out. Surely it has to compare favourably with the trip here ?!! We eat lunch in our roon then I walk to the internet in glorious sunshine. Typical as it is our last ... read more

Sukhothai is a quiet rural place with a lot of ruins from Thailand's Sukhothai era. Its more of a touristy resort if you are in to that kind of thing. I was in a rush and a bit timid causing me to miss out on visiting the ruins... I arrived late at night and was scared of my new surrounding. I took the first Tuk-Tuk that presented itself to me. The driver took me to a Guesthouse that I assumed he had a deal with whom ever ran it. Once checked in, I went out to look for some dinner. Most places were closed and the streets were filled with barking dogs. I decided to get something close to the guesthouse. It was a small noodle stand and it did the job. "Leaving Sukhothai for ... read more