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Ayutthaya Slideshow
Ayutthaya
Travel Blogs from Ayutthaya, Thailand
Lovin the Thai Public Transport!
... had become the largest city in the world with a total of 1 million inhabitants. Many international merchants set sail for Ayutthaya, from diverse regions as the Arab world, China, India, Japan, Portugal, the Netherlands and France. Merchants from Europe ...
Day 310: Ayutthaya
... day in Ayutthaya for us. We hired a push bike each again and visited the ancient temples. Historic City of Ayutthaya is registered as UNESCO's world heritage sites and its temples are concentrated on the island surrounded by the river ...
Two Weeks Down...
... in mid relief at a urinal I feel a warm towel on my neck and someone massaging my neck. It seems the bathroom attendants in Thailand are a bit more interactive. As I finished he continued to crack my neck and back. It would not have been so odd if he ...
Ayutthaya!
So today we're off to the historical park, we've rented bikes which is potentially a very bad idea. I'm also navigating. The ruins were gorgeous but my god it was hot today. Literally the hottest it's been and it's so far inland that it's even ...
Elephant Kraal
... 16:30 Uhr eine ausgiebige Siesta gemacht haben. Danach ging es noch kurz mit dem Rad zu einem am Pier gelegenen Markt und eine Kleinigkeit essen. Morgen Abend werden wir dann im Bus nach Chiang Mai sitzen und von Ayutthaya Abschied nehmen. ...
Ajuttia
O 4.30 wysiedlismy przy autostradzie w okolicy Ajuttia z autobusu jadacego z Chiang Mai. Obudzilismy jakiegos taksowkarza, ktory zabral nas do centrum bylej stolicy Krolestwa Tajow. Niestety nie mowil wogole po angielsku i minelo troche czasu zanim nas ...
Ancient Thai Buddhist Temple
I was told by the locals that this temple is at least 200 years old. Considering the condition it's in I believe it. It felt like 100 degrees that day. But I still enjoyed snapping away with my ...
I'm in love with an Italian...
... I would really like to bring one of the baby elephants home with me! I could just stand and watch them eat for hours! Ayutthaya also seems to be filled with statues of roosters. I'm still not entirely clear of the origins of this but people offer ...
The Ancient Capital
... a tourism place). The thing came to my mind when I saw this disappointing scene: the Burmese did a great job while attacking Ayutthaya that they practically demolished the whole palace. Was quite disappointed in this Grand Palace, so I headed for my next ...
Ayutthaya Lives Up to Its Name
... Wihan Phra Mongkhon Bophit, which houses a gold-covered image of a sitting Buddha, said to be one of the largest in Thailand. When Ayutthaya fell, the Burmese burned the wihan (monastery), as well as the image, to remove the gold that gilded its stupas. ...
Ancient Thailand
... round on the spot and peering round corners in search of the missing line. My historical knowledge of Thailand was also enhanced by the Thai film that was released depicting the fall of the Ancient city and old Capital of Thailand - ...
Ayuthaya
... Saturday I went back into town for the night and spent Sunday sightseeing around Ayuthaya. Ayuthaya is a former capital of Siam (former Thailand) and was the capital for 417 years between 1350 and 1767. At its height it controled an area larger than ...
Ayuttaya ruins
Na een belachelijk goedkope treinrit kwamen we aan in Ayuttaya, de voormalige hoofdstad van Thailand (toen nog Siam). Per tuk tuk verkenden we de tempelruïnes: Wat Yai Chai Mongkhon voor zijn grote chedi, Wat Phra Mahathat voor het boeddhahoofd verwerkt ...
Loy Krathong
... them and point them anywhere and everywhere. Overhead power lines seemed to be a popular target. The next days was much calmer. We hired a couple of push bikes and cycled around old Ayutthaya. We stayed 3 nights here and then caught a bus to ...
Kanchanaburi to Chiang Mai
Today we were picked up by minivan to make the 3 hour trip from Kanchanaburi to Ayutthaya. We were catching the night train from Ayutthaya to arrive in Chiang Mai the following morning. Once we got to Ayutthaya we had a few hours to kill before our train ...
Coming Around the Final Turns...
... have stepped up and are making me a CD with a bunch of picutres so do not fret. I am down to only two weeks here in Thailand before heading out to Sri Lanka. I can't believe it has already been six weeks. Though I look forward to Sri Lanka I feel I ...
Tagesausflug nach Ayutthaya
Hallo ihr lieben, puh es passiert so undlich viel in so kurzer zeit. am 09.10.10 war ich noch einen ganzen tag in bangkok unterwegs und spannende sachen erlebnt und alles wichtige gesehen. am 10.10.10 hab ich dann diesen tagesausflug mitgemacht. das ...
Who would have thought Thailand coul be sooo cold?
... . Now we could stay dry we went in to the ruins to see. This was part of the Grand Palace when the capital was in Ayutthaya from 1350 through to 1768 when they were invaded by the Burmese who destroyed all of these amazing buildings. The ...
Leaving on a Jet Plane....
... , MD a long time ago. I told her if she gives me her old address I would go take a picture of her old home. Thailand has been an amazing experience. I have learned a lot about the Thai culture and myself. Doing this trip was the right idea and I ...
5 days in the city of ruined temples
I'm in Ayutthaya, former capital of Siam. Nice markets, affordable internet, and I'm staying at a great place thatjust got renovated, the Baan Suan Guesthouse, formerly PS Guesthouse. I've got my own room with fan and wooden floors and a secret door that ...
Collecting capitals, part 1: Ayutthaya
... before catching the train to Sukhothai. I ended up having plenty of time to soak up the local flavor of the Ayutthaya train station during a 2.5 hour mechanical delay, including meeting a local restaurant owner that had a whole slew of US trivia ...
'A Little Monk Saved Us from Embarrassment.'
My husband and I were on our honeymoon in Thailand. The food there is superb! The people are friendlier than back home in London! Anyway, one day we went to this temple... I can't remember the name now... but both my husband and I walked in and we were so ...
Stara prestolnica Ayutthaya
V se enem zelo vrocem dnevu sva si ogledala rusevine Ayutthaye. Dan se je ponovno zacel ob 7. zjutraj z guzvanjem v neudobnem in slabo vzmetenem kombiju. Voznja do prvega templja je bila zelo neudobna, saj sva se pocutila kot da se poljeva na eni ogromni ...
Ayuthaya
Ayuthaya well what can we say about Ayuthaya other then Martin can never remember how to spell or say it! Well it has a lot of ruins and temples and thats about it really other then some of the biggest and nastiest mosquitos i have ever seen! To be ...
Lord Buddha
Ayutthaya was previously the capital of Thailand for 417 years and is now a recgonized world heritage site.We had one full day here and decided the best way to get around easiy was to rent bikes. Little did we know that many of the large intersections ...
Eye of the tiger in Ayutthaya
Ho Ho Ho and a v. merry Xmas to you all. Well here I am in a new town - Ayutthaya - once the capital of Thailand. If you like ur ancient ruins this is the place to b 4 sure. I've been off the grid for the last few days for a variety of reasons: Xmas Day - ...
