Wat Phu Khao Thong (Golden Mount) Ayutthaya

Gisteren mijn laatste avond Bangkok gehad ! Voor deze gelegenheid heb ik dan mijn voetafdrukken vereeuwigd in een betonnen voetpad dat ze aan het leggen waren en ik had niet niet gezien dat ze het hadden "afgeschermd". 2 van de 3 Thai-mannen konden er mee lachen , de 3e iets minder. Solly! En dan gewoon doorwandelen. Dan mijn avondeten : ik wou …

Historical city of Ayuthaya was the capital of Siam before iBangkok. We went there out of curiosity as it is about a couple of hours drive from Bangkok. The sleepy town has some grand old Wats and stupas in various degrees of maintenance. We lost a lot of time just locating places because locals speak no English. Must prepare better next time even …

... noise or call and away they walk. We tour around the area on our bikes and then head out of town to see wat Phu Khao Thong. The entrance drive is long and has a statue of King Naresuan. The street is line with ornamental roosters of various ...

... last or whether the van was struggling with amount of people but we made it eventually. Anyway we arrived at our first Wat, Wat Phu Khao Thong, it was quite a climb up but we enjoyed some good views whilst up there. After wandering around for half hour ...

... a nice spot under a tree near the river in the shadow of an old fort. Three was Wat Kasattrthirat, four was Wat Phu Khao Thong, a big white one, which on the way back from some guys having beers near a reservoir invited us over and handed Matt a ...

... amongst others were the Ancient Palace, Phra Phra Si Sanphet, Wat Phra Ram, Wat Lokayasutharam (a massive laying Buddha), Wat Phu Khao Thong and the King Naresuan Monument. Slightly more impressive was the fact that in all that time and across ...

... which we were advised was plenty. After being collected from Khao San Road, we headed for the first of the six sites: 1. Wat Phu Khao Thong The Chedi in Wat Phu Khao Thong is huge and white and is easily visible from afar against the green backdrop of ...

... tuk tuk not knowing where he'd take us. After about 15min and a few km out of town he stopped at a white-grey-ish temple: Wat phu Khao thong (or Golden Mount).  At first sight we didn't see much gold, but ok...maybe it faded away since it had been ...

... of grand Buddha figures. It was unfortunate that we could no longer go into the temple as it is unsafe following flooding. 2. Wat Phu Khao Thong - this temple was very rundown and not as impressive as the first. It was still a grand structure and we ...