Northern Palace Hotel Sukhothai

... truck fitted with two benches on its flat bed and a roof above. For 20 bahts (67 cents) per peson, they jam as many people in as they can before heading toward the destination. <br><br>On the way to the songtao stop, I realised a 34-year-old wish, something I've longed for and broken Pierre's ears about for years and years. And if I can remember any of my dreams, I'm sure I've dreamt about them too: the Thai fried banana... oh yes, the ...

... original Buddha images provided a pinch of history to my Siam melting pot. And a pinch was all I needed......<br><br>During my first week in Thailand I have discovered that it is a case ot "seen one, seen them all" and as uncultured as it may sound, by now I had had enough temples, ruins and golden Stupas. What can I say, I'm a simple girl at heart, there's no use pretending it's all about the culture. I had to admit to myself all I wanted was a beach ...

... We have been able to spot architectural links and knowingly nod sagely to each other, &#8216;oh yes, typical 13th century transition Khmer architecture, don&#8217;t y&#8217;know&#8217;. Although many tourists cycle around the Wats, we opted to walk between the sites, mostly without any other tourists to speak of. It&#8217;s strange that such a unique and beautiful spot should be almost empty. We&#8217;re not sure if this is always though because there seem to be ...

... I met Boon Mee, the oldest of the elephant residents; she is about 80 years old! I fed her some of our leftover fruit from lunch. I am told that Boon Mee is usually shy around people. She really likes watermelon though. She let me put it right onto her tongue! After that, Boon Mee and I had a special connection for my entire visit! After watching the elephants bathe in their pond and roll in the mud, it was time for their walk to the forest. We hiked up a beautiful dirt ...

... sight from which the Thai Kingdom emerged. It became it's first capital, predating Ayudhiya and Bangkok. The 3rd Monarch of the Sukhothai Kingdom, was King Ramkhamhaeng, (for whom Ramkhamhaeng University Noah just graduated from is named). King Ramkhamhaeng is said to have established the first uniform guidelines for administrative, economic, political, and religious practices for his nation. He invented the Thai alphabet providing his people with a uniform ...

... go into the town centre. We paid 375 baht for a room with a/c, fridge and the hotel had free wifi access. We stopped for something to eat along the road yesterday, although if anyone is thinking of cycling this route beware that yesterday's leg had few food and drink stops. The place was run by 2 women, mother and daughter I would guess. I tried to say in Thai that we wanted to eat but was met with blank faces ...

... t have my backpack. Inside it was my camera, my laptop, most of my cash and my credit cards. I turned around and started running up the escalator, going in the wrong direction, pushing people out of my way. The theatre was still open as they were still cleaning up and my bag was just where I left it. After this adventure I went to pick up my passport before having dinner. Go to hotel, get bags. Take sky train to Mo Chit station. From there take taxi ...

... happy to share those rare photos with your readers....) <br><br>We ended our tour at a local restaurant. Because monks are not allowed to eat solids after 12 noon Kitti ordered a milkshake and then a pineapple shake. Not exactly "kosher" but he was the gambling kind anyway. Since we were running out of time I left Sabrina at the restaurant and took Kitti on my bike back to the monastery. As I dropped him off near his humble room we thanked each other and ...

... I boarded the mega songtaew and while driving they asked me where I'm going. I told them the bus station and they said they don't go there so he let me out. Not cool, I got a plane to catch. I started walking towards the bus station. I figured there would be a bunch of taxis or whatever there to take me to the airport. During my long walk to the bus station a normal songtaew stopped for me and took me to the bus station. I asked him where ...

... and a couple of glasses of my good friend Mr Chang. <br><br>I was looking forward to the deep-fried battered prawns, I was expecting a sort of budget 'tempura', the battered Japanese dish which is absolutely delicious... it wasn't quite like that. <br><br>They had dipped the prawns in batter and then chucked the whole thing in the ...