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Ayutthaya Slideshow
Ayutthaya
Travel Blogs from Ayutthaya, Thailand
Ayutthaya
Built c.1350 as the second capital (after Sukhothai), is quite a pleasant but small town a short train (or bus) ride from Bangkok. We walked & took the odd tuk-tuk, but I guess a bike would be good option for the fit. We spent 2N/3D here, when a ...
Floating Down the River
... was spent sitting at the front of the barge in the sun waving to all the locals as we floated down the river once again. We arrived at Ayutthaya and checked into a very nice hotel for a welcome shower and in 10 minutes we're off to see....some more ...
Fahrt nach Ayutthaya
... hatte ;-) Nach dem Checkin sind wir direkt in die Stadt gegangen und haben uns die ersten Sehenswuerdigkeiten angeguckt - Ayutthaya ist eine Drecksstadt mit vielen ekeligen Dreckskoetern. Ich habe noch nie so viele Hunde in einem derartigen schlechten ...
Ayutthaya and beyond
... has happened since I've last written everyone.... let's see if I can give a quick summary! From Kanchanaburi, I traveled by bus to Ayutthaya which took about 5 or six hours. I stayed there for a few nights and visited some of the city's ruins. The ...
Ayutthaya
... On the bus I was greeted by Dave and Nicki, two Aussies who were heading for the same guesthouse as me, so we were Ayutthaya buddies. :) I joined a tour from the guesthouse (for about $6 CND) to view some of the wats (temples) that are more far away, ...
Day Trip Ayutthaya
Heute stand ein Tagesausflug in eine der 3 ehemaligen Hauptstaedte Thailands an - Ayutthaya. Die Organisation in diesem Land scheint immer ziemlich wahllos und chaotisch zu sein - man wird im Guesthouse abeholt, in einen Minibus gesetzt, bekommt nette ...
Ayutthaya, Adventures and Ancient Ruins
We arrived late in the evening to our local family run guest house in Ayutthaya to warm greeting and a beautiful traditional style room, James ventured out as the hunter-gatherer to get some food and returned bearing what was essentially a Thai version of ...
Tour of the Ancient Capitals
... the stick. The empire didn't last long and it is reflected in the diminutive size of the main temple complex compared to Ayutthaya. Again we rented bicycles and enjoyed the casual paths between temples before eventually getting off to play a long game of ...
Byvale hlavni mesto
Do Aythaya, byvaleho hlavniho mesta Thajska, ktere je asi 80 km severne od Bangkoku, jezdi spousta turistu, kteri treba jedou jen do Bangkoku. Taky je na ne Ayuthaya dobre pripravena, velky pocet hotelu a guest housu a restauraci, jen si vybrat. Dojeli ...
Looking to the future
... leaving present - as yet it is unfinished but we're getting there! On the Monday our Thai parents were free so they took us to Ayutthaya to see a fortune teller which our Mum has been wanting to do for a long time; she's very into it all. I have to ...
One Month Down...
... . With an unfamiliar sax I did a pretty poor rendition of 'Scooby Doo' - they seemed to enjoy it though! Aj Prapart took us to Ayutthaya to sign for our work permits yesterday (finally! he'd left it to the last possible day!). He asked us to tell him ...
City of ruins
... out of Bangkok and into a smaller, less smoggy city. We took a train ride, only about an hour and a half north, to Ayutthaya (pronounced I-you-tee-a, accent placed on 'you'). Between the years of 1350-1767 this city was the capital and cultural center of ...
'Wat' I was doing in Ayutthaya
... later the woman poked me, and I closed my fly-catching maw, tilted my head forward into a natural position and heard her say "Ayutthaya". 3 p.m and time to go walkies. The guest houses are near the bus stop and all on one strip, which is handy. Got ...
Quick stop to see some temples
We weren't planning on coming here but it was recommended to us as a stop over before going to Chiang Mai, we thought we would have a day and a half to look around but due to train scheduling times we only had a half a day. We took a boat tour ...
2009?? ayuttya noodles and .. more driving x.x
... , it was rather scary and awesome at the same time. A surviving relic from the time is the largest bronze buddha statue in Thailand, which is housed in a huge temple next to the ruins. Because it was the first day of the new year, the place was ...
On the move!
... - same, same but different!! So today we just ambled around and found a nice market but to be honest there's not much in Ayutthaya apart from temples. This really surprised me as it used to be the capital of Thailand. As for the current capital I ...
Ayutthaya
One of the best things about Bangkok was leaving on the 14:30 train from Hualamphong Station to Ayutthaya, the ancient capital of Siam. The impressive train station just on the edge of Chinatown was packed with locals heading to the four corners of ...
Ayutthaya, the old capital of the Thai Dynasty
On the way back from the college we stopped at the Ruins of Ayutthaya. It was amazing to be on top of something from 1200 ad.. We have nothing like in California, being so new and everything. It just really put it into perspective on how old their culture ...
Buddha Buddha Buddha Buddha Rockin Everywhere
We took the train up to Ayutthaya, which was really old and cost like 40 cents to ride. We walked to a couple of Wats that night and saw a really cool Buddha head ingrown into tree roots. We got thirsty and decided to have a few beers near the ...
Exploring Thailands former capital
We liked our first impressions of Ayutthaya, a relaxed town, built up around the ruins of Siam's ancient capital. After checking into a very friendly guesthouse, "Tony's Place", where they shouted massive greetings of "Sawasdee Kha" every time you walked ...
The Final Verdict: Strange,Wonderous or Hahrrible?
... magnificent region, allow me to wrestle with my final judgement (in the category of bizzare) of the great nations of Thailand and Laos. The experiences have all blurred together so forgive the jumping around of time and location. The ...
Ayutthaya
... a Chinese Pond Heron, a Black Drongo, some Cattle Egrets and many huge Asian Openbills (stork type birds). Upon our arriveal at Ayutthaya station we proceeded to catch the short ferry ride (8p) across to "the island"where we found our hostel. After ...
Wat & Wo
Meine Unterkunft für drei Nächte, ist ein traditionelles Thaihaus mit separatem Komfortbad. Es kann problemlos mit dem Fünf Sterne Strandresort mithalten, nein toppt es sogar: Es gibt WLAN in hervorragender Qualität und Geschwindigkeit. Das ...
Ancient capital of Thailand
The ancient capital of Thailand/Siam until it was sacked by the Burmese in 1767. UNESCO World Heritage Site. Hired bicycles and toured around so many ruins that my head started to hurt. Nice town, apart from the vicious packs of wild dogs that roam the ...
Week 1 - Ayutthaya - Days 6, 7
... mini-bus instead I was thinking it was some private tour company scam, but it wasn't. Arrived slightly late to Ayutthaya (needed a lay in after the waterfall trekking, swimming and wimpy eating). Did the typical look at the map, ...
Monkeys, Ruins and railways
... in india so was used to them, but not this tame!) and she screamed. We then got the train back in the afternoon to ayutthaya and i slept on the journey. we had previously booked a night bus to take us to chaing mai as all the public busses and trains ...
A Hard Dog's Night
We spent the day looking at all the major temples off the island. The downside to this was that we had to keep going back and forth from the island to the mainland to get to the temples as they were spread out. We started at ...
Smoldering Ruin
... Ankor Wat. These too were badly damaged, and efforts to restore the ruins seems to be lacking. I then made my way to Ayutthaya's largest Pagoda Complex, where 3 enormous stupas provided a centerpiece for the grounds of the ancient Thai Palace. Next to the ...
Ready to move!
... a unique set of social rules. We went to Koon por's Bangkok house again this weekend. I guess the product of coming to Thailand is getting this wierd juxtaposition of very poor and basic with very advanced and developed. Koon por doesn't seem able to ...