Chao Praya River Ayutthaya

So far, I've learned that when someone in Southeast Asia tells you "Ten more minutes" they mean twenty, and so on. What I didn’t know when I wrote my last entry was that we would actually make the remaining 7 hours of what turned out to be a 12-hour return to Bangkok in a cramped minivan. But, I still consider myself lucky…as an …

Um halb 7 haben wir uns heute aus dem Bett gequaelt nach nicht ganz 5 Stunden Schlaf. Danach hat uns Nip erwartet. Den Fruehstueckstoast verschlungen dann gings auch los im pinken Taxi. Angenehme Fahrweise, unangenehme Klimaanlage. Aber wir waren alles in allem zu muede fuer Beschwerden und haben bald eingeschlafen im Auto. Nach zirka eineinhalb …

The third day of my stay in Thailand was a visit to the ancient Capital of Ayyuthya. The day began at 8:30 in the morning on a guided tour, which was very entertaining. Thanks to the tour guide, a jovial lady whose jitter didn't matter to most of us. Our first stop was the Grand Palace, with a rendezvous inside the palace arena. The primary …

... of like a monorail) and the river taxi ( a boat that they cram about 100 people into that speeds along the Chao Praya river between Bangkok and Nonthaburi). We then checked into the Merry V, which I stayed at before, showered and I had my ...

... 4-5 of the temples and we watched a beautiful sunset over Wat Chaiwatthanaram, which is situated on the bank of the Chao Praya river. The return trip with the train was far from nice, as we were very tired and the train was crowded, we hardly ...

... in Bangkok - the many temples, the excitment of Kao San Road and the water taxi up and down the Chao Praya river. We then headed to Ayutthaya 2 hours north of Bangkok. We hired out bikes to visit the temples aroud the island which was exhausting but ...

... was in the temples, which was hundred's of kilo's : they stole it and took it to Burma. Across Bangkok runs through Chao Praya river. City center of the modern Bangkok is on the eastern side of the bank. After Ayutthaya was destroyed, capital was moved ...