Ayutthaya, Thailand Travel Blogs

Riding the short bus
Mar 14, 2005 (23 photos)

... . We all introduced ourselves and told a little about ourselves.  Our first stop on the bus tour through Thailand was the ruins at Ayutthaya. Nok gave us a some of the facts about the temple grounds and then allowed us to wander off on our ...

The Original Capital!
Jan 16, 2007

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Ancient Ayutthaya and bizarre Bangkok
Aug 9, 2003 (2 photos)

... to manoeuvre ourselves out of the way and make a speedy exit in between elephants. There was a great night market in Ayutthaya as well, which we visited several times and sampled some local cuisine. The people working there couldn't speak any English ...

Ayutthaya ruins and temples
Mar 13, 2006 (26 photos)

... very low to the water with a canopy over it. A older Thai gentlemen took us for a two hour trip around the Island of Ayutthaya and we also got to stop at two different Wats. The first one was called Wat Phutthaisawan. This one had some sets of gold ...

Bang Pa-In Palace, Ayutthaya, Thailand.
May 12, 2008 (5 photos)

... palace.  He rarely visits.  It's a sprawling vista of opulence. Gorgeous.  Manicured and befitting a King of Thailand. (Have I mentioned yet how much the Thai people love their King?) Here is a virtual 360degree tour of the palace if ...

Monkeys and antiquities
Mar 18, 2004 (10 photos)

Here are the Ayutthaya basics: it's an old Thai capital city an hour or two north of BKK, with loads of old temples, lots in the Khmer style (with reddish stone towers like Angkor in Cambodia). It's deceptively big, so a bike was in order. Big Bertha was ...

Old and new, side by side
Apr 3, 2006 (42 photos)

Ayutthaya may not have been the first capital of Thailand, but it is the most interesting to us. We'll reserve the history lesson for only those who are interested, however. Whereas modern-day New Sukkhothai is separated by the "old town" (where the ...

Ruins and cheap nice hostels
Apr 3, 2006 (4 photos)

... /26'c is too cool! Trudie here: The tour that we had organised through the Hostel was a boat tour, and as often happens in Thailand, was not quite what we expected! A tuk tuk that belonged to the hostel dropped us at the pier and a few minutes later a ...

Heading North
Nov 26, 2005 (8 photos)

... admit I did enjoy talking to him but I'm glad it was the short train journey and not the 12hr one we are on tonight. Ayutthaya Now this place used to be the capital until they moved it to Bangkok and has some amazing ruins that we wanted to see. ...

Ancient Capital of Siam
Jan 23, 2005 (8 photos)

... , I have yet to see a mini-bus on time. Today I was scheduled to take a day trip up to the ancient capital of Thailand, Ayutthaya. The bus was supposed to pick me up anytime from 7am - 7:20am, but I wasn't picked up until around 7:50am. Actually more ...

Ayutthaya, The Anciet Capital
May 12, 2008 (27 photos)

... and new, is still surrounded by an impressive square moat. (Info from Wikipedia:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayutthaya_kingdom) *sigh* I dunno, maybe it's because I'm headed to Cambodia in a few days to see the ancient ruins of Angkor Wat ( ...

Wat Yai Chiamonokhon, Ayutthaya
May 12, 2008 (29 photos)

Before visiting the ancient ruins of Ayutthaya we stopped at this Temple just to the south.  It is from the same period as the rest of the ancient city, but this temple is still in use and has the many layers of previous buildings to prove it.  ...

Ancient capital
Jan 24, 2008 (8 photos)

... The guide knew what he was talking about & gave loads of info. We spent the morning visiting the ancient capital of  Ayutthaya which was really worth the visit....a lot of tourists, but it is that time of year. This used to be the capital but ...

Siam's old Capital
Jan 25, 2008 (7 photos)

We took a day trip from Bangkok to Ayutthaya, the old capital of Thailand. It is known for its Temples scattered around the tranquil, peaceful town. Even though the bus ride there took about 3.5 hours for only 35km distance, it was great to experience. We ...

Venice of the East
Nov 7, 2008 (123 photos)

... 's far more to discover here than those tourist-friendly locations listed on the tour group tick sheet. As the jewels of Ayutthaya are spread far and wide it made sense to continue with the ever popular 'independent two-wheeled tour' theme. While ...

Back to the family
Nov 29, 2007 (6 photos)

Arriving at the train station i again had the same phone conversation with Gina where she has no idea who i am, so arriving to pick me up her and somsri were exstatic to see me, as i was them. They have been bloody busy at Moradok; the bar they were ...

Back to my family (sort of)
Aug 13, 2007 (49 photos)

... market, which she again refused to let me pay anything for.           Second day in Ayutthaya didn't go too well. The start of the day was nice; Caro, i German girl in a six week holiday in Thailand, arrived ...

Map pin
Jun 29, 2004

Map point

Temples Temples Temples!
Jun 11, 2005 (4 photos)

Ayutthaya is a city full of ruins - in fact there are over 100 Wats (temples) here. We checked into a really nice room and took off to the night market which was nearly closed. Here we tried food I wasn't sure I'd ever eat: jellyfish which is crunchy and ...

Lance Armstrong in Thailand- Ayutthaya
Jan 25, 2006 (44 photos)

... a car, a tuk-tuk, or a bike to tour the ruins. So I take the 3rd class train for less than 50 cents up to Ayutthaya, take a little ferry across the river into town, and rent myself a Schwinn Rider-esque set of wheels for the day for 30 baht, which is ...

Ayutthaya
Jan 24, 2007

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Ayutthaya (Teil 2)
Jul 13, 2008 (4 photos)

Heute morgen haben wir uns ein Fahrrad geliehen und weitere Tempel besichtigt - Wharn Phra Mongkol Bophit, Wat Lokayasutha, alter Koenigspalast und Wat Yai Chai Mongkol. Heute nachmittag geht es um 16:00 Uhr mit dem Zug zurueck nach Bangkok. Dort ...

They were like that when i got here
Sep 22, 2009 (24 photos)

Ayutthaya Is a town full of ruined Temples, I rented a bike from my Guest House and proceeded to get completely lost right away, which included my doing a very large circle and only realising this when i pasted my Guest House, eventually i got the hang of ...

Happy Birthday Bhumipol
Dec 4, 2008 (5 photos)

... Nax) auf dem Bahnsteig mit Gepaeck auf dem Ruecken (25kg), wird das ganze unvergesslich machen :)   Ayutthaya liegt ungefaehr 1.5 Std, noerdlich von Bangkok und hat als Attraktion alte Tempelanlagen. Man koennte sie auch Tempelruinen nennen, ...

Wat ne Menge Steine
Nov 23, 2006 (5 photos)

... oder 15 Baht in anderthalb Stunden fuer Holzklasse. Wegen Schlafdefizit AC genommen und im erstbesten Hostel in Ayutthaya zum Mittagsschlaefchen zusammengebrochen. Danach dann die alte ehemalige Hauptstadt besichtigt. Damals im 17.Jhd war das eine ...

The ruins of Ayutthaya
May 29, 2009 (8 photos)

... where all the bars and restaurants are. The main reason for this vist was to visit the wats and ruins of the area (as Ayutthaya was one of Thailands first capitals fact fans). Its possible to cycle round the ruins, or hire an elephant but me (being ...

Ayutthaya
Feb 20, 2009

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Happy birthday Dave
May 2, 2009

2nd May 2009 Tony's Place (again) Ayutthaya, Thailand Very hot and sweaty Wednesday: Phon - Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) (125 kms) Thursday: Nakhon Ratchasima - Pak Chong (90 kms) Yesterday: Pak Chong - Saraburi - Ayutthaya (140 kms) ...

Sports Day
Sep 29, 2009 (22 photos)

... I just arrived back here in Bangkok yesterday and the week looks good, as I have my friend Casey from Yasothon (another province in Thailand near Laos) who is in the YES program coming here tomorrow, so I'll try and write some more about what were up to. ...

Elephants, Ruins, and Temples!
Aug 29, 2009 (70 photos)

... were also really spectacular and huge. There's always a mat in front for people to kneel and pray and leave flowers and such. Ayutthaya has some really great tourist attractions, I'd love to go back.  I also watched half of a Die Hard movie today. ...