Sukhothai, Thailand Travel Blogs

Sukhothai
Jul 13, 2007 (18 photos)

... his society could ring a bell to have their disputes ruled on by their king or to have their grievances heard by him. Today Sukhothai is a World Heritage area. The Sukhothai kingdom was one of the greatest periods in Thai history and it is fair to say it ...

Sukhothai
Nov 29, 2006 (35 photos)

... a bus to New Sukhothai. We weren't pleased with having spent the entire day traveling, but the bus ride from Phitsanulok to Sukhothai made our displeasure melt away. The view from our seats was stunning. The light of the descending sun bathed miles and ...

And Now for Something Completely Different
Mar 21, 2006 (33 photos)

... bustle, like someone held a large remote and was hitting the pause and unpause button. My purpose for being in Sukhothai (my only real stop in Thailand aside from Bangkok and the beaches in about a month's time) was to see the former Thai capital and ...

Pot Heads
Mar 16, 2005 (28 photos)

Sukhothai Historical Park reminds me so much of Ayyutaya, Though most of the temples are in ruins beautiful Buddha statues stand guard. The air is full of the sound of cicada.  We get on a little shuttle that takes you all over the ...

A warped sense of logic.
Mar 14, 2005 (7 photos)

... massage perhaps? No no, rent a bike and spend the day cycling 50 kilometers around archeological sites, of course. Sukhothai was the first capital of Thailand and is viewed as the golden age of Thai civilisation. I had to go and see it, nothing like ...

Bushtucker Ben
Apr 17, 2007 (15 photos)

... Thai style cook it yourself barbecue, much like the Mongolian barbecue, only much better.         Sukhothai. With Songkram over, i boarder the bus for pretty much a full day of travel, and in the evening i just sat with ...

Great Ruins
Feb 9, 2008 (15 photos)

Continuing our visits to UNSECO sites, we took a bus to one of the first capitals in the Thai empire "Sukhothai." The emerging Thai nation flourished militarily, claiming lands as far north as Vientiane (capital of Laos now), and culturally developing a ...

Sukhothai and Si Satchanalai
Apr 2, 2005 (8 photos)

... pleasant to stroll in the shade and admire the old remains of once brilliant kingdom. I think I've been here... I visited Sukhothai three years ago, but I remembered very little of the historical parks. While I couldn't recall much of the temples and ...

Sukhothai
Mar 31, 2008 (8 photos)

We left early to spend the day exploring Sukhothai on bikes. Definitely a highlight of our time in Thailand, The Sukhothai kingdom was an early kingdom which existed from 1238 to 1438. Today the historical park which we cycled around, is full of wats, ...

What's a Wat?
Jan 5, 2009 (5 photos)

We're cycling through the ancient kingdom of Sukhothai (Dawn of Happiness) in North Thailand. Sukhothai's largest temple complex is Wat Mahathat. It has a large lotus bud shaped Chedi (a bell shaped tower usually containing 5 structural elemets of earth, ...

Train to Sukhothai
Feb 4, 2008

WE took the early train to Sukhothai

Loy Kratong
Nov 24, 2007

The festival of Loy Kratong was originated in Old Sukhothai (supposedly the king's advisor sent a floating flower arrangement down the river to please the king. This one, in turn, liked the idea so much and turned it into a holiday). As such, Sukhothai ...

The old capital of Thailand
Mar 1, 2007 (10 photos)

... process - the story is in the pictures. From Pitsanulok we took a day trip to Sukothai, one of the ancient capitals of Thailand in the 14th century.  Many temples and statues of the Buddha remain.  This era in Thai history is also important ...

Sukhothai
Nov 24, 2008 (9 photos)

... kraljev v obdobju 200 let in v tem casu je bilo prvic pod enotno vladavino zdruzeno vso ozemlje trenutne Tajske. Sukhothai je prav tako zasciten s strani UNESCA in ima prav tako status svetovne dediscine. Rusevine so razdeljene v 5 območij poimenovanih ...

Sukhothai
Sep 2, 2007

... of date and most prices have gone up quite considerably, despite our best efforts of bartering. We unpacked, ventured out into Sukhothai that night which was a small town, which was familiar with tourists due to the National Park. We found food at The ...

sukhothai historical pk and loi krathong festival
Nov 16, 2005 (12 photos)

... checking out the local life! I walked back home, had some brekky then we hopped in our songthaw for the 40 min drive to the Sukhothai historical park.  We all hired bikes and set off for a look (the best way to see the area is on a bike - it was ...

Joy ride
Nov 23, 2007

... country the way most Thais live it. I'm on a seven hours train ride from Bangkok to Sukhothai. The beautiful scenery of Thailand's countryside with its vast rice fields, fish farms, lotus ponds and occasional towns is delightful to observe, ...

Gay monk, drug addict monk, iPod monk and me
Nov 27, 2007 (1 photos)

... pictures of us. Every Thai person who sees us giggles and smiles. I met him yesterday afternoon. I was wondering around Old Sukhothai and stumbled upon a few structures surrounding a pond that turned out to be a monastery. As I was looking at the ...

Two long'uns
Feb 16, 2009

13th February 2009 Ban Thai Guest House, Sukothai, Thailand Hot and humid yesterday Nakhon Sawan - Phitsanalok (140kms) today Phitsanalok - Sukhotai (64kms)   Not much to say about either rides except that yesterday was an ...

Buddhas, and lots of 'em
Feb 15, 2009 (5 photos)

14th February 2009 Ban Thai Guest House, Sukothai, Thailand Coming up to mossie time   Today we visited old Sukothai, where there's a lot of very old wats.  It's approx 12kms out of town and the best way to get there, and around ...

New pictures
Sep 23, 2009 (6 photos)

Sukhothai
Jan 31, 2008 (7 photos)

OK, well we're here.  Declan saw the pictures in the LP Guide and wanted to come here.  So to maintain the thin veneer of democracy in the household we did.  Don and I thought we had been here on the last trip, but after being there we're ...

More temples
Apr 17, 2008 (9 photos)

... , but I cant do them all.  I finally made my decision by choosing the bus that left first. I arrived in Sukhothai after 7 hours.  I knew little about the city; the only reason I wanted to come was because the day before I left Chiang Mai, ...

Bicycle, Bicycle, I Want To Ride My Bicycle
Feb 20, 2006 (7 photos)

... night, but we got on the first bus out the next morning and arrived in Sukhothai early in the afternoon. Sukhothai was the first capital of Thailand and is interesting because the ancient city is full of the ruins of the old temples. There aren't any ...

Ruins, Temples and yet more ruins
Jan 12, 2006 (6 photos)

... hardly any traffic and it had cooled down by then. We found a good spot to watch what turned out to be a spectacular sunset. Sukhothai was the first capital of Siam up to the end of the 1400's before going into decline as Ayutthaya took over as the most ...

Wat you talking 'bout Sukka-thai?
Oct 16, 2006 (4 photos)

... and water went some way to fixing it and as a group we headed off to the 'Old City' in another pick-up / bus. Sukhothai was Thailands first capital back in the 13th century and the ruins of the old city are a Unesco World Heritage Site. After a ride ...

Ruined on Ruins
Jan 3, 2009 (10 photos)

... site with loads of ruins all around the city.  The style of the temples is different from those at Ayutthaya, but within Sukhothai there is a lot of sameness.   We spent the first day looking at all the temples in the inner part of ...

Old Capitals
Jan 27, 2004 (3 photos)

... evenings we dined at Tony's a local restaurant with great Thai food and beer.   On January 25th, We arrived in Sukhothai after a long bus journey from Ayuthaya. We were persuaded to stay at the Garden Guesthouse, which was actually really nice and ...

More ruinous activities
Jun 1, 2009 (5 photos)

Visited the ancient capital of Sukkothai for a few days to see some more ruin. Despite the humidity I decided to walk around the Historical Park (after getting a local bus to the site from the New City) Its an amazing place, some of the temple and ...

The First Thai Capital
Oct 17, 2007 (10 photos)

... we made it to a guest house and got some dinner before bed.  The next day we took the local bus to Sukhothai National Park, the 358th Unesco World Heritage Site.  This was the original capital city of Thailand, comprising of many Hindu and ...