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Pot Heads
Mar 15, 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.&nbs ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
coryandlaura
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And Now for Something Completely Different
Mar 21, 2006
(33 photos)
"I knew that when I got to Asia, it would be when I would feel like I was really traveling. Sure Australia and New Zealand are different places and unique in their own little ways, ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
danblank
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Bushtucker Ben
Apr 17, 2007
(15 photos)
"Updates are gonna come as a summary of the last few days now, I'll fill them in in detail when i get home! Bangkok: For the rest of my time in Bangkok i decided to see some mo ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
benabroad
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Sukhothai
Nov 29, 2006
(35 photos)
"According to our Lonely Planet, Sukhothai was not to be missed. So we took a train a few hours north (it took 5 hours instead of 3) and then a bus to New Sukhothai. We weren't plea ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
dane
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Sukhothai
Jul 13, 2007
(18 photos)
"Sukhothai. I recently drove through Sukhothai on my way North. I wanted to stop off quickly and see the temples and ruins there. About 1000 years ago the Thai people started moving ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
paul
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A warped sense of logic.
Mar 14, 2005
(7 photos)
"What's the best thing to do the day after an enormously uncomfortable 5 hour bus ride? Your back is as stiff as an arthritis ridden elderly man in mid-winter Siberia and your bum f ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
mette
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Sukhothai and Si Satchanalai
Apr 2, 2005
(8 photos)
"Written by Nelly Written on April 4th, 2005 in Bangkok Sukhothai, the capital of the first Thai Kingdom Sukhothai, about seven hour (to be disputed) bus ride north of Bangkok, was ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
jessnel
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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 ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
goodrichodyssey

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Two days of wat-filled excitement
Nov 6, 2006
(16 photos)
"So November 5th was the night of the full moon of the twelfth lunar month here in Thailand. That means its Loy Krathong, a festival which honors the spirits of the water and marks ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
mistahall

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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 1 ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
kimandrob

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Sukhothai
May 9, 2008
(35 photos)
"Friday 9th May 2008 On Katie's recommendation we got a bus to Sukhothai so that we could see the ancient city, on our way South to Bangkok. Unusually it was a very uneventful ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
gemandsam

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Frequently asked questions
Jan 27, 2007
(5 photos)
"First, an update on where I am and what I'm up to. I caught a train up to Phitsanulok for a few days, then took a bus over to Sukhothai. Sukhothai is the site of anoth ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
akre

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Wat, chedi et bouddha
May 18, 2008
"Ouaiiiis j'ai reussi a parler en thai avec une vendeuse au marche ce matin, et sans utiliser de gestes pour une fois !!!! Je suis trop fiere... Bien que mon repertoire se ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
karinebottine

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Hell's Train
Oct 5, 2007
" (Spanish-English) Desde Bankgok a Phitsanulok en el tren de las 20:55 (num115), 9 horas de viaje en 3a clase por 179 Bhats 3,5 Euros, lo mas barato que he encontrado. Una ave ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
l-lightning

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Joy ride
Nov 23, 2007
""The joy is not in the destination but in the journey itself" - written on a table at the Chan Cha Lay guesthouse in Krabi. If you are looking for a luxuriously comfortable train ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
yorron

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Sukhothai
Jul 1, 2007
"I went to Sukhothai for the weekend with some friends. It's only about 3 hours from Mae Sot. After commuting several times out of town, I've realized that the first hour or s ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
cfgarber

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Fahrt nach Sukhothai
Jul 10, 2008
(1 photo)
"Hallo zusammen, heute morgen sind wir mit dem Bus um 10:15 von Chiang Mai nach Sukhothai gestartet. Die Busfahrt dauerte ca. 5,5 Stunden, so dass wir gegen kurz vor 16 Uhr in unser ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
steffiundlars

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Sukhothai
Sep 2, 2007
"After a little sleep, we got up early, ate the ok breakfast at the Ibis Hotel Huamark, and got a taxi to the bus station. We decided that gettign the bus would be an adventure and ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
carlosb1978

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do NOT let me wear this shirt again
Nov 11, 2007
(9 photos)
"The reason for the Phi-lok stop was to take this day-trip to the historical town of Sukhothai. Let's just say that we could not have picked a hotter day to take a non-AC bus ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
michy

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Ruins, Temples and yet more ruins
Jan 11, 2006
(6 photos)
"Yesterday myself and 4 others visited the Elephant Sanctuary near Lampang. It was fantastic - we had an opportunity to feed the elephants and also saw how they made paper from the ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
lynsey

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Sizzling in Sukhothai
May 17, 2007
(10 photos)
"1. Riding bicylces amongst Old Historical Sukhthai and ruins: It been a while since we've both ridden bicylces, but this was a great way to get reaquainted. It wa ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
arleneandjavier

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Wat you talking 'bout Sukka-thai?
Oct 15, 2006
(4 photos)
"There was a huge storm in the night and the thunder was almost deafening, I had to wake Nathan up so he could hear it. We had a lie-in and took a pick-up ride to the bus station fo ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
ellajay

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Onward ho!
Sep 13, 2006
(2 photos)
"Once the ancient capital of the Thai Kingdom, Sukhothai has temples similar to Angkor and gave us another excuse to jump aboard some bicycles for an afternoon of exploring. All int ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
amyandmark

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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 ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
thestrongfamily

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Old Capitals
Jan 26, 2004
(3 photos)
" It was nice to leave the big city for Ayuthaya, the cleaner more relaxed former capital. It was easy to see as much of the ruins as we wanted by renting bicycles from our guest ho ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
clandybar

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The First Thai Capital
Oct 17, 2007
(10 photos)
"Sukhothai is on the way south towards Bangkok so we used the city as a stop on the way down to Kanchanaburi. On arrival from Chiang Mai Mark went to get the bags from the hol ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
me_theresa

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Bike ride to the past
Oct 28, 2007
"Sunday, October 28th- 9:35 pm After an extremely short visit in Chiang Mai to arrange for an extention of my Thai visa, I was back on the bus headed south. After a fairly comfortab ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
azurra

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The Historical Park
Dec 1, 2006
(31 photos)
"We're making our way to the northern region of Thailand. This is the best time to see it, just after the rainy season. The forests are at their greenest, the waterfalls at their mo ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
linzstoker

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Moving North
Mar 26, 2005
"Hello. Well I'm writing now from Sukhothai, a small city about 6 hours north of Bangkok. I had planned to stay in Bangkok for a little longer than I ended up being there, but the c ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
awdickin

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Leaving Bangkok a go-go
Feb 11, 2008
"I'll up date you on the past coupple of days. So on Friday I finally caved and took a tuk tuk... eeek.. you should have to wear a helmet to be in one of those things.&nb ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
sarahs_travels

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THAILAND : SUKHOTAI
Jan 11, 2008
(13 photos)
"Donc, apres 6H de bus, arrivee Sukhotai. Sylvie et moi prenons Tuk TUk et direction Garden's House dans le new Sukhotai. Le old sukhotai, c est l interet de cette ville car plein d ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
lorraine_asoc

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Another ancient city
Feb 8, 2008
(6 photos)
"This week has involved alot of temple visiting so apologies if these blogs seem a little brief! On leaving Ayutthaya, whilst waiting for the Bus after squeezing for people and 4 ru ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
nickolaus

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Another toilet adventure!
Mar 23, 2008
"Day 25 - Got a taxi in Bangkok to Moh Chit - the Northern Bus Station. A bus to Sukhothai was leaving in half an hour which was convenient. After finding the right bus ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
becpowell

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Foodie Goodies
Dec 14, 2005
(5 photos)
"For the special foodie request, here it is: a whole entry dedicated to the delicious, disgusting, peculiar, and delectable food experiences of our traveling. If you don't feel like ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
kristymatt

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More temples
Apr 17, 2008
(9 photos)
"I'm running out of time. Only 3 weeks left in SE Asia and still so many places I want to go. I arrived at the bus station in Chiang Mai and I still hadn't decided& ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
tayka

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The birthplace of Thailand
Mar 26, 2008
(18 photos)
"We took our first long distance train ride. Because everyone else was bringing a lot of food onto the train, we bought some chicken (KFC tastes the same in Thailand as it doe ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
thomasmb

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Sukhothai
Sep 29, 2006
(8 photos)
"Before the Thai Capital of Ayutthaya came the Thai Kingdom Of Sukhothai. This place was really tops to spend a day at. The sun was fierce but there was enough shade as we got back ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
benandcally

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Sukhothai - Thailands premier capital
Mar 5, 2006
(9 photos)
"a confession. I have shamelessly plagiarised Kerry's e-mail to her mum for this entry as I am lazy and anyway it's a fitting break to my sensationalist ranting vitriolic crap.... W ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
jeznkez

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Sukhothai (World Heritage Site)
Aug 1, 2005
(5 photos)
"After an overdose of Delboy Tours, We Decided to travel independently by Government Bus up North! First Stop the quiet town of Sukhothai. It was nice to go to a rural town with les ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
bec_and_macey

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First Capital of Thailand
Feb 19, 2007
"On Monday we took a 1 hour bus to Sukhotai, the first capital of Thailand. The old part of the city has 700 year old ruins of old temples, old Buddahs, Chedis and Wats. Magnificent ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
mrewkowski

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Sukhothai
Jan 24, 2008
(34 photos)
" We are staying in one of our favorite guest houses so far, Banthai. The people there are extremely helpful and have taught us alot about the area.&nbs ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
mizmelodia

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Day 5 - Sukhothai historical park
Sep 7, 2007
(8 photos)
"After a diabolical night's sleep we got up and walked to the train station, then jumped in a tuk-tuk for the local bus station. Once there, we haggled with various bus company ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
al_fey

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More Wats
Nov 18, 2007
(11 photos)
"Just lots more wats & buddhas. The last before Cambodia fortunately (thank Buddha for that) ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
anslwithers

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Historische Tempel / Historic Temples
Mar 30, 2007
(3 photos)
"Destination 124: km79'736 Bestens ausgeschlafen wurde vor dem Verlassen der Stadt der gleichnamige Historic Park mit historischen Tempelruinen besichtigt. Via Phitsanulok wurde dor ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
pajas

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Sukhothai
Mar 1, 2007
(23 photos)
"Well guys I have heaps of pictures which I will torture you with tomorrow.. I have a few things that I would love to pass on.. Bike riding hurts your bum! The sun is very hot in Th ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
nstarkey77

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Noch eine fruehere Hauptstadt
Feb 10, 2006
(7 photos)
"Als erste Hauptstadt Thailands florierte Sukhothai von Mitte des 13. bis Ende des 14. Jahrhunderts. Das Koenigreich von Sukhothai wird auch heute noch als goldenes Zeitalter der th ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
petra_karlaut

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Motorbiking around Old Sukhothai
Sep 7, 2007
(20 photos)
"Last night... "Do you know how to ride a motorcycle?" "Suuuure." I say, glancing nervously at the motorcyles... A few moments later, "Not sure if that's the same one as I've driven ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
christianbjork

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Wet and wild
Apr 13, 2007
(3 photos)
"A songthaew, a train, a tuc-tuc, a bus and then another songthaew finally brought us to Sukhothai, the overload of transport varieties being due to train and bus stations alwa ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
timreis

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Wat the @#&$ is Songkram?
Apr 14, 2008
(19 photos)
" With the arrival of Nanda from Holland, the trip picks up pace again, and for the coming 18 days, I'll be hard-pushed to keep up with writing about our everyday woes, if, like now ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
garybarnes

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DAY 56: Bangkok to Sukhothai
Nov 16, 2006
(4 photos)
"At 7.30am Sawasdee House is unprepared for serving breakfast, so soon after closing the bar. I'm put off eating anyway by pungent smells coming from the drains, where a man is scoo ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
williampotter

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Wat hopping, part 2
Feb 9, 2008
(8 photos)
"After 7 hours on a very hot, supposedly air-conditioned bus, we arrived in Sukhothai. Miriam, Katrin, Cedric (a Belgium guy who got on the bus a couple of hours after us), an ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
laura1

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Sukhothai
Oct 31, 2006
(12 photos)
"30 October After a good night's sleep we got up early as we had decided to head off early to Old Sukhothai to beat the crowds of daytrippers. Old Sukhothai is the former capital of ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
lolandlaurie

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From Gibbons to Elephants
Mar 3, 2008
(51 photos)
"Well I have crossed the border from Laos to Thailand and have done so much interesting stuff that I fear this will be a looong entry. You can just look at the pictures if you prefe ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
beka

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The Ancient City of Sukhothai, Thailand
Jul 18, 2007
(26 photos)
"Sukhothai was a welcome change to the craziness of Bangkok. It had a smaller country town vibe - and as we walked around in the evenings, in some ways it reminded me of Bundaberg! ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
nellyandsime

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Sukhothai
Dec 10, 2006
(15 photos)
"Saturday morning, Dane, Martin, Sebastian and I all hopped a bus in Phayao for a short trip down to the ruins in Sukhothai, Thailand's first ancient capital...6 grueling hours late ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
jknoff22

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The old capital of Thailand
Jan 18, 2006
(5 photos)
"Jan 18 06 - Jan 19 06 We left Bangkok by bus at 8pm on Jan 18, for a scheduled trip of 9 hours to Sukhothai (up north)... But I guess as every trip goes, everything starts changing ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
meli_matt

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The Ancient Capital
Dec 9, 2006
(17 photos)
" So the three other farangs and I packed up our bags this weekend and headed for Sukhothai, the ancient capital of Thailand. The bus ride took an abysmally ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
bandersnatch07

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Sukhothai
Jan 10, 2008
(17 photos)
"Thwarted I was. Thwarted. I decided to get up before sunrise in Ayuthaya to see if there was any Tai Chi action going on in the big park amoungst the ruins. ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
jacketdave

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Sunburnt in Sukhothai
Apr 28, 2008
(4 photos)
"Another day spent pedalling round ruined temples in 37 degree heat has left me feeling absolutely fried! Any attempts to use suncream are thwarted as it simply slides off  ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
g0ldiel0cks

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The Great 'Loy Krathong' Myth!
Apr 26, 2008
(1 photo)
"Beyond a doubt, Loy Krathong is Thailand's most beautiful festival. Thais and foreigners alike are taught that Loy Krathong originated something like 700 years ago in the northern ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
clearystephen

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Sukhothai
Mar 7, 2008
(34 photos)
"this is pretty much the same a Ayutthaya just better kept...the wats dont have the same wow facter though. ..."
A travel blog entry from Sukhothai by
stalee

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Sukhothai
Feb 3, 2008
"Sukhotai ..."
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