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Sukhothai Slideshow
Sukhothai
Travel Blogs from Sukhothai, Thailand
Day 5 - Sukhothai historical park
... rich in history. The complex is over 700 yrs old and used to be the capital of Thailand many moons ago. I must admit that I'd never heard of Sukhothai before, but Katie had found it in the guidebook & it sounded interesting. We weren't quite ...
More temples
... , 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 ...
Wat-ing about in Sukhothai
... ;food or toilet breaks. There is a toilet on the bus but only useful for smaller folk - A.D. had no chance. We got into Sukhothai as the storm clouds were brewing. The bus stop is outside of town so we required a tuk-tuk to get us ...
Noch mehr Ruinen!
Nach einer endlich mal kurzen Busfahrt sind wir dann heute morgen in New Sukhothai abgekommen. Zuerst gabs erstmal wieder die ueblichen Streitereien mit den Tuk Tuk fahrern, um vom Busterminal zum Guesthouse zu kommen. Zuerst verlangen sie immer Preise ...
Sukhothai
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 onto bicycles to ride around the complex. Lots of Buddhas here and unlike ...
Ruinenstadt Sukhothai
Hallo zusammen, heute haben wir die alte Ruinenstadt Sukhothai per Fahrrad erkundet. Vormittags war es zum Glueck nicht ganz so heiss, nach 13 Uhr wurde es jedoch deutlich waermer. Ich war ja fuer ein Moped gewesen, Steffi wollte ein Fahrrad ...
Travel to Sukhothai
... ,rice and more rice, plus some fruit and vegetable. We arrive in Sukothai at 1700 hours, tired and hungry. We took the Thailand Travel Guide's recommendation to stay at the Ban Thai guest house. (bad choice). It was the first capital of Siam ...
Wat wat wat wat???
We were wanting to go to the Old City, Sukothai but had heard that the accommodation there wasn't the best so we decided to stay in Pitsanoluk which is about 70km to the South and has regular buses to the Old City. Getting to Pitsanoluk was a bit crazy ...
Sukhothai die alte Koenigsstadt
Unsere Reise fuehrte uns ueber Bangkok in die ehemalige Koenigsstadt Sukhothai (ca. 1230-1350). Am Busbahnhof wurden wir von einem Deutsch sprechenden Einheimischen angesprochen ob wir nicht in sein neu eroeffnetes Guesthouse kommen wollen. Zuerst waren ...
Northern Thailand discovery
... the money on themselves. The highlight of the day though had to be the 7 and a half hour bus journey up to Sukhothai, which was the first capital of Thailand. We arrived at around 9pm, and we're shown in to the most amazing room we've stayed in so far. ...
A bike built for two?
... dad's back. Please view the picture. We started the day at Wat Mahathat. This was the principal temple in Sukhothai and had many Buddhas throughout the grounds. For some reason, there were 3 bus groups of French Canadians there. ...
A couple of days in Sukothai
I took the bus from Chiang Mai to Sukothai this morning. It was a nice enough bus ride; I finished my latest book, "Contagion" by Robin Cook (so so) and listened to some music, and before I knew it, bam we were there. Then, at the bus station, I ...
We Just Can't Get Enough of Those Ancient Ruins
... the fried chicken and sausages as something he wanted to try. We decided that we wanted to try the local fare for supper - Sukhothai noodles, so the fried goodness at the market would have to wait until the next day. We ordered the noodles while we ...
Sukhothai
... out 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 ...
Sukhotai - Unesco World Heritage Site
... , good, strong espresso based coffees that made me go back every time and I have to mention the delicious fruit and yogurt shakes. Sukhothai was also the end of the line for my friend. Unfortunately her vacation days run out and each of us took a ...
Week 2 - Sukhothai - Day 10
Day 10 - 10/06/11 - Sukhothai Took a day trip to see the ancient temple city / historical park of Sukhothai. The park itself was impressive and had one really good ruin. The real fun was the getting there and back. Floods had turned most of the ...
Sukhothai
... in the old style. It's celadon color if you've seen it before. This was completely plagiarized from Wikipedia: The Sukhothai kingdom was an early kingdom in the area around the city Sukkothai, in north central Thailand. It existed from 1238 ...
Sukhothai : bien mieux !
... ¾ du site et revenir avec un grand sourire accompagner de la sérénité qu’apporte ce lieu historique Pour l’histoire, Sukhothai a été la première capital du siam pendant plus de 200ans avant de laisser la place à Ayutthaya. Ps : je ...
Bike ride to the past
... visa, I was back on the bus headed south. After a fairly comfortable six hour ride, I had made it to the ancient city of Sukhothai. The town's name is broken down to mean 'the dawn of happiness,' and was the capital of the Siam Kingdom in the 13th ...
Sukhothai National Park
... of the Siam Empire, Sukhothail being the capital of Siam at that time. It was a lovely day and made the trip to Sukhothai well worth it. ...
New friends, anicent temples and a lovely hotel
... our hotel staff was there to pick us up which was a complete suprise and exactly what we needed - a straightforward, easy ride home! Sukhothai is a tiny town but is home to the historical park that has the ruins of Sukhothai, the capital of the ...
Sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite!
... moved. It was a shame really because our new room and the rest of the place was spotless. In the morning we headed to Old Sukhothai Historical park and rented bicycles to get us around, a bargain at 20B! There are a number of ruins at the park, which ...
Sukhothai pour 2 jours!
Welcome to Sukhothai! Cette ville est également une ancienne ville royale. Contrairement à Ayutthaya, cette ville vaut vraiment le détour. Les temples sont beaucoup plus majestueux. Nous sommes également ici pour deux jours et notre accommodation est ...
Sukhothai - more temples
We used our favourite Ayutthaya tuk-tuk to get to the bus station to catch the bus to Sukothai. We were somewhat bemused to find that the bus station was not a proper terminal but consisted of a couple of rows of dusty seats under a shelter beside a dual ...
Final Fantasy
Sukhothai is the 'Old Capital' of Thailand and contains many historical sites and ruins including the Old City itself. We hired bicycles and cycled around the various ruins which all had a theme of pillars leading towards a big Buddha! Luckily it ...
Noch eine fruehere Hauptstadt
... developed (which is still the base for todays script), which was basically copied and adapted from a script in India. Thailand ruled by Sukhothai included almost all of present day Thailand and has seen nine kings. In 1438 Sukhothai was absorbed ...
