Country Info
- Bangkok
- Capital
- Baht (THB)
- Currency
- 61,797,751
- Population
- TH
- Country Code
Ayutthaya Slideshow
Ayutthaya
Travel Blogs from Ayutthaya, Thailand
Are we nearly there yet...part 2
... than a sign in the distance. Not wanting to allow the sign to become reality we slow down.... does that really say "Ayutthaya 22km" aggghhhhhh! Jo decides that she is certainly not going any further on her bike and marches over to the nearby river ...
Historic Ayutthaya
... than a bus for some idea of scale. Finally we visited a couple of the less touristy temples at the end of the island which were really nice and very peaceful. I recommend a visit to Ayutthaya if you ever find yourself in Thailand! Bye for ...
Elephants and Ayutthaya
Today we decided to hop on with other fellow farangs to see the old capital of Thailand: Ayutthaya. After an early start we were on the motorway bearing north towards the old capital. Our guide was this pleasant Thai man who used to study law apparently ...
Brak.
... voor 2,5 eu pp en gingen erop uit. Het ware prachtige tempels, waarvan een ons een prachtig uitzicht op de zonsondergang over Ayutthaya gaf. Een Oranjerode zon met de silhouetten van Chedi's(stoepa's) en Wat's op de voorgrond. Deze avond was wel dodelijk. ...
Amazing Ruins
I finally feel better and Brent is finished with his business, so we catch a train from Bangkok to Ayutthaya, the ancient capital of Siam. Ayutthaya has hundreds of Buddhist temples and ruins. We find a place to stay, meet two interesting Belgian girls ...
Ayutthaya !!!
A prononcer ayoutiya… sinon, personne ne comprend ou vous vouler aller !!!1h30 de train, 100km et 20Baths (50centimes!) depuis Bangkok! Et a peine plus en retard que la SNCF Le paysage depuis le train, c’est vraiment tres plat avec ...
14/09: leaving bkk by train impressions: ...
... out: industrial area, Sony, IBM, all tall modern buildings of glass and concrete. Later in the evening in dusty, crowded Ayutthaya, I sit down with three young Thais at a roadside stall for a meal. The one speaks English quite well, having studied in ...
An English Camp to be proud of
... on Sunday before heading back to Britain on Monday. It had been a bit of a tough week - sometimes, however much I love Thailand, it's very rigid social rules, structure and need to 'save face' can be frustrating. However, mai bpen rai, nowhere is ...
Ayudhaya (Ayutthaya) 1/2 Day Tour
We took a half day private tour to Ayutthaya (much more civilized than a group tour), it's an ancient city & Thailands old capital. We had an early start (for us) hotel pick up was for 08.00am the drive only took about 1hr ...
Som-o and Mamiaw go it alone!
... the stray dogs chase the bikes and snap at our heels... glad i spent all that money on the rabies jag!) We're going to Ayutthaya tomorrow with Aj. Ben (she is the sweetest, more considerate person I've ever met!) and her husband Aj. Somchai (who works in ...
A Rich Man's World...
... to care) and then we got back so late, caz wasn't even able to check her emails. I felt so bad for her - her 19th birthday in Thailand and she has to spend 4 hours in TESCO! At least we could laugh it off... I've promised her we'll have a special pretend ...
Ruins, Temples & Crazy Monkeys!!!
... went for what was supposed to be a 2 hour sunset boat trip to 3 more temples along the Chaophraya River on the outskirts of Ayutthaya. The torrential rain only added to the enjoyment of the trip and was quite a relief to get a break from the usual ...
Ayutthaya
Ayutthaya is the ancient capital of Thailand before it was sacked by the Burmese. It is filled with temples, which are more ruins than temples as they were destroyed by the Burmese. It was a great day trip to get out of Bangkok and all the ...
Riding on the left side
... is that you don't have to pay again. Or maybe it was just a special discount for me (poor farang girl with a huge backpack)... AYUTTHAYA I rode a bike all day. Ayutthaya is an island on the river(s), with many temples some very old some quite new, ...
The journey begins!
... we were the only non-thai people there...theres just not much else i could do there! I'm spending about 2 days in a place called Ayutthaya, the old capital of Siam before it fell to the burmese when the city was wrecked. As soon as i arrived i rented ...
Ayutthaya
Ayutthaya, an island inland, by virtue of the three rivers Mae Nam Lopburi, Pa Sak and Chao Phraya. Previously the Thai capital until the middle of the eighteenth century and now a busy town surrounded by ruins of it's former glory. We once again took to ...
The ancient capital of Thailand
... elephant park we have chosen to volunteer at has elephants that are free roaming all the time in an expansive natural habitat. Ayutthaya,has a famous and popular night market, and while we were there, we decided to 'stick our necks out' and try ...
'Wats that?'
... reported that after a while she could look away from the road, briefly. For anyone who doesn't know Ayutthaya's history, it was the capital city of Thailand for 400 years until the mid eighteenth century when it was sacked by the Burmese. At the time it ...
Ayutthaya et ses environs
Nous voici dans la plus ancienne ville royale de la Thailande! La petite ville d'Ayutthaya regorge de divers temples. Contrairement à ceux visités dans la ville de Bangkok, les temples d'Ayutthaya sont plutôt des ruines qui ont vu le jour, il a ...
Sukhothai: same same, hardly different
... . Wilde Rocker bei einer Polonaise ueber Tische und Stuehle sehen schon komisch aus. Unterhaltsam war auch die Busfahrt nach Ayutthaya heute, einer der groessten Staedte Thailands. Anfangs ist nichts passiert, aber die Bushaltestelle war klasse. Die ...
Temples of the Khmer
Up and early again, we took the taxi to the railway station for our journey to Ayuthaya, about 80km north of Bangkok. My companion had checked the 2nd class prices on the web and we expected it to be 35 baht per person. When we gave our destination, the ...
Life as we know it.
... Speaking of 'hectic', last week was a challenge for the department as 4 teachers were away at a seminar, one had to go to Ayutthaya for a few days and then I was sick (quite dramatically, actually... all over the English dep floor...) so I had a couple of ...
Ayutthaya - unpronouncable name, beautiful sights
Having left my tour group and 'going it alone' for this week, I decided to head towards Ayutthaya, which was the first capital of Thailand and home to exquisite Buddhist temples, Stupas, statues and monuments. If only the Burmese hadnt blitzed the place ...
Anything to get away from Bangkok
Took the 15 baht (that's about 50 pence) train journey up to Ayuthuya, which is supposedly a quiet cultural city just an hour and a half outside of the capital. Checked into a little guesthouse called PU Guesthouse, and in the end I found out where it ...
Ancient Ruins & The Monkey Temple
... chillaxing eve at our hostel in the early afternoon. We spent the morning at the pool and were all set for a ncie ride through to Ayutthaya. The journey was going well until i got a tap on my shoulder from Katie with her saying 'oh my god i cannot find ...
Fruehere Hauptstadt / Former Capital
... dieser Zeit Ayuthaya als beindruckenste Stadt, die sie je gesehen haben. Also ein Besuch in Ayuthaya sollte bei Eurem naechsten Thailand Urlaub schon auf dem Programm stehen, allerdings zwei Tage sind mehr als ausreichend. Petra und Karl PS: In ...
Sunset at the Ruins
On our way back to Bangkok after playing with the monkeys, we stopped in Ayutthaya to visit the archaeological site and have dinner. Dane and I had been there several times before, but so late in the day we had the entire site to ourselves. ...
Old Siam
... ... despite in this case waking up to a dragon fly buzzing round your face! Ayuthuya was once the capital of Thailand when it was know as Siam, an island that is accessible by ferry and in the past was an important trading centre- its ...
