The Grand Riverside Hotel Phitsanulok

... walking around. The feel of the festival in P-Lok was entirely different than that in Sukhothai. In P-Lok, the lanterns come with fireworks strapped to them. Just remember to not set it off before the lantern has filled up with enough air! We nearly took out a crowd of people with our lantern... People were setting off firecrackers everywhere as well. But all in all it's not a bad holiday when you get over your fear of loud noises that sound like gunshots!<br>

... concienzudamente una oxidada maquina corta pelo y con un peine y una tecnica impresionante, me dejo un corte de pelo a la moda del lugar: rapado por laterales y detras y cortito por arriba. Hasta aqui la cosa iba bien.<br><br>Para el afeitado, comienza con la aplicacion de una especie de gel verde por toda la cara. Este gel como supuse actuaba a modo de espuma suavizando el paso de la cuchilla... porque claro el afeitado era a cuchilla, faltaria mas ...

Heute hiess es dann auf Richtung Norden! Zu**st einmal mit dem 3 Klasse Zug von Ayuttaya nach Phitsanoluk und dann hoffentlich noch mit dem Bus nach Sukhothai. Erst einmal mussten wir uns mit uns**en Rucksaecken in den total ueb**fuellten Zug quetschen, was auch bei den Mitreisenden imm** wied** gut ankommt (zum Gleuck laecheln die ja imm**). Endlich im Zug hiess es fu** sie **sten 2 Std. **stmal ...

... converted pick up) to the old town. As we arrived we were greeted by a friendly thai who gave us a map and then predictably tried to rent us a bicycle. Kindly he let us keep the map and we began to head for the best parts of the park. The most magnificent building was Wat Mahathat. It was a larger Wat than we had seen so far and it contained many buddha statues and figures, some up to 9 metres tall. It was hard to decide which was more incredible Sukhothai ...

... self-purification by self-observation. Vipassana means seeing things as they really are. So, beginning on the 9th, I will spend 10-days in meditation. It's meant to be really intense, as there are strict guidelines, rules, and schedules you must follow. Wakeup call is at 4am and then you literally meditate all day. There is no talking for the duration of your stay, no music, no reading, no yoga, no exercise- nothing that could distract from ...

... je ne pourrai le dire), riz, soupe, friandises de toute sorte, noix, jus frais que l'on sert dans des sacs en plastiques avec une paille, oreilles de porc, vers et scarabees, etc, etc, etc. Tout simplement sublime. Et tellement pas cher !! Nous pouvons facilement diner pour l'equivalent de 2$ (60 bahts), et c'est meme beaucoup. Et tout sent si bon ! Phitsanulok est une petite ville intriguante.. Elle se traverse facilement a pied, on y trouve d'innombrables magasins et ...

... center is very nice and the food is very good. I hope there will be someone who can tell me what I should be doing as there has not been anyone which sufficient English skills (and I have only just learned how to count to ten, literally right before I started to write this) to explain exactly how I will be serving. Sometimes I ...

... some cake at the internet cafe, which was called It Is A Cake. The cakes were lovely and we were served some green tea for free. Then it was back to our hotel to watch some bizarre Thai TV. The following day we went to Sukhothai Historical Park. We took a bus there and then rented some bikes and cycled around the park. In the park there are a lot of ruins from the period when Sukhothai was the capital of Thailand, many large ...

... series of ruins was a little more interesting than Ayuthaya as it was all in one complex, and the new construction didn't detract from getting a sense of what the community was like. It was also nice to make Sukhothai only a day trip, as the town itself didn't seem to have much to offer (except frosty Slurpees at the 7-11... you can see a theme of a love for cold drinks starting). The ruins were lovely, but I think you have to visit ...

... she coughed again and slowed down by herself...boouuuuuuuuuuu (that's the sound of the engine slowing down...i'm sure you've recognized it !) "That's it ! i knew something was wrong !" Owing to my lucky star, as i refer quite often -for those who know me- we stopped right beside a Honda motorbikes garage !!! They couldn't repair the engine as something important was broken but they've been really ...