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Ayutthaya Slideshow
Ayutthaya
Travel Blogs from Ayutthaya, Thailand
Autthaya!
Autthaya - lots of Wats! After getting the train up with Zara and James we dumped the bags in the train station hold and then went for long long walk around the city. Taking in lots and lots of Wats and having a bit of food. In the sweltering heat it ...
Ayuthaya and Chiang Mai
... of time (plus NKJ constantly tease me whenever I pull out my computer). Anyway, last time I posted we were heading to Ayutthaya which was definitely a place a little off the beaten path. Far fewer tourists, not as much of a tourist infrastructure, ...
Day 7
Day 7: Ayutthaya We caught the local bus from Kanchanaburi to Ayutthaya which took 4 hrs. The bus only had a fan, no air con so it wasn't the most comfortable journey! We arrived at the guesthouse which was run by a man from Leicester! We had dinner ...
Our lasy day in Thailand
... the backseat. Although the scenery changed along the way, it seemed as if we never left the city. Ayutthaya was the capital of Thailand until the Burmese army destroyed the majority of the governement and religious buildings during the Burmese/Thai ...
Doug Duck and Ruins
... going to the Bang Pa Palace. It was a beautiful very well kept palace. It was built during King Rama V rule of Thailand and was mostly modeled after European Victorian style. It was actually really weird to me to see these sculptures of European looking ...
Ayutthaya
We arrived by night train from Chiang Mai into Ayutthaya. Ayutthaya is built on an island and is surrounded by rivers. We took a boat tour on the river and saw lots of interesting temples, buddas and ruins (cant wait for Angkor). On the boat we met Dave ...
Bangsai Arts and Crafts Centre
... Charlotte, Julie Ann, and I (they're the Project Trust girls) went with a teacher to Bangsai Arts and Crafts Centre by Ayutthaya. It was more like a school where students can learn to do Thai handicraft. It blew any expectations that I might have had. ...
visite des temples d'Ayutthaya!
La ville d'Ayutthaya fut la capital du Siam entre 1350 et 1767, la Thaďlande ŕ ce moment comportai le Laos et le Cambodge aussi et la capital abritai plus d'un million de personnes! Cela est dur ŕ s'imaginer sachant que maintenant la population ...
The Summers Hols Have Arrived
... to say goodbye to Nu - a lovely M5 girl who is spending the year in Argentina with AFS. She's never been beyond the borders of Thailand before and wont even be able to email home in her own language. I really admire her. I fear we are now well ...
Back to School
... like naughty children! Fortunately, the 'rainy season' seems to be on its way and the 'hot season' beginning to fizzle out though Thailand's insects seem to be loving this current merging of the two and we've had a few unwelcome guests in our house; my ...
L'ancienne cite d'Ayutthaya
... ich gut in Bangkok angekommen. Ich habe in dieser Stadt nur geschlafen und bin am Tag daraug weggefahren, Richtung Ayutthaya, eine ehemalige Hauptstadt von Thailand mit vielen Tempeln. Wenn ich aus dem Zug ausgestiegen bin, habe ich die Bekannschaft von ...
All well in KL
So I have finally arrived, the 3am dash to the bathroom confirmed that we are definitely not in Mayo. The most likely suspect, a portion of Hokkien Mee consumed in the underbelly of Kuala Lumpur Airport just before departure to Bangkok. I should have ...
Syvende dag i Thailand
Saa kom jeg endelig til Ayudhaya, sammen med en hollaender jeg moedte for et par dage siden. Det var ret hyggeligt og ret varmt, for lige noejagtigt idag bestemte solen sig for at titte ...
Wat bikes??
From Bangkok we headed north to the town of Ayutthaya - the former capital of Thailand before it was destroyed by the Burmese Army - a little bit of history!! The town is famous for its numerous ruined old Wats (temples) and palaces so we decided to hire ...
Revolution at Midnight...
... be heading off to Chaing Mai - my sense of time feels very disorientated. Earlier today, a teacher asked how long we'd been in Thailand; "um... about 2 weeks, well, 2 and a half... no! 3 weeks. oh! actually, 3 and a half." I keep having dreams in which ...
Bangkok to Ayuthaya
Bangkok -> Ayuthaya train : 20 bahts pour 2 heures de train Arrivee a la gare de Ayuthaya, j'ai rencontre unr francaise et son fils. Ils ont ete sympas et m'ont donne des tips et surtout leur carte avec les bons coins highlighted. Hop ...
Ayutthaya: vestiges d’un royaume
... la Venise de l'Asie. Certains disaient męme que sa richesse et sa grandeur au 16 sičcle était comparable ŕ celles de Paris. Ayutthaya, située ŕ 2 heures de bus de Bangkok, est considérée comme une île, car elle est entourée de 3 rivičres ...
Goodbye Elephants :(
... us when I say it has been one of the best experiences of both our lives. I would encourage everyone who comes to Thailand to visit as it is such a fantastic cause as well as a great chance to interact with such beautiful creatures. The ...
Ayuthaya
Ayuthaya was the capital of Siam (the name Thailand had before they opted for Thailand) before Bangkok. Ayuthaya was the capital from 1350 until 1767 (Christian time) when the Burmese, after numerous attempts, finally conquered it. Just to be thrown out ...
starting the day on a boat....
... so happened we had some bananas to feed him! So cool! Bus back to Bangkok where we collected our bags, some food and off to Ayutthaya on a third class train (less than 1 euro for both of us in a nice enough train!). It was even hotter than Bangkok... Ian ...
Pedal Power
... a lot but there is no rest for the knackered and we awoke early to head east to the ancient capital of Thailand Ayutthaya which is most notable for its array of ruined temples and old monuments which survived the cities sacking four hundred years ago. ...
Okay my tourists!
Ayutthaya is the former capital of Thailand, and a UNESCO World Heritage site, making it a very popular place for tourists to take a day trip from Bangkok. Although guided tours aren't usually our thing, in southeast Asia they are usually the easiest, ...
Harmadik nap - Ayutthaya
... 8:28), de elértük. Most már itt ülünk és zakatolunk 70 km-en át, fejenként 20 bahtért (harmadosztály). Ayutthaya hamarosan. Érdekesség, hogy régen óriási mandalaként építették. A jelenben pedig a gyönyörű romok és az olcsóság ...
Heading North Through Thailand
... lifestyle is a stark contrast to the chaos encountered in Bangkok. It was, for many centuries, the capital city of Thailand; encircled by three rivers, the 'island' was a significant trading post that attracted the attentions of many foreign parties. ...
Patrimonio de la Humanidad
Estamos en Ayutthaya, una ciudad que pensabamos próxima a Bangkok pero que ha significado una hora y media, por autopista, en taxi (1.000 Baht = 20 Euros). Aunque sigue siendo pronto para hablar, nos aventuramos a decir que la cordialidad de ...
Temples, Ruins and Monkeys!
Checked into Tony's Place, an awesome hostel in Ayutthya run by Tony, a Thai man who lived in the U.S. for about 10 years. Great restuarant atmosphere and friendly staff. I made friends with the head cook named Poo. He had been a chef in many different ...
Wat hunting
... a good map and some tips and then started off wat by wat, starting with Wat Lokayasutharam (what?!?). Ayutthaya is the old capital of Thailand, which was conquered by the Burmese in 1767 (and every sign makes point of mentioning ...
The Ruined Wats of Ayutthaya, Former Thai Capital
... each for a 3 hour ride) travel; another opportunity for us to appreciate the adventure of just getting there. Once in Ayutthaya, we rented bicycles from a guesthouse across the street from the station and meandered around the old city. As in Chiang Mai, ...
Farang!
... . We saw a transsexual in the mall and my older sister says, "He is a boy, but has girl heart!" Funny. Ayutthaya is not what I expected at all. I really like it, but it's.. not as nice as I thought. Some people wear surgical masks ...