I'll up date you on the past coupple of days. So on Friday I finally caved and took a tuk tuk... eeek.. you should have to wear a helmet to be in one of those things. I went downtown to Siam square (the yorkville of Bangkok) Wow... what a difference downtown makes!! The people are less pushy and everything is cleaner.. it really felt like I was ...

It was an easy six hour bus trip from Chiang Mai to Sukhothai, passing through some prosperous towns like Tak. We were stopped twice by police who boarded the bus to inspect the Thai passengers. This was odd after travelling through Laos and never actually seeing a cop, let alone being stopped by one. The bus passed by the ruins at Sukhothai His...

Following a partial recovery, I managed to get out and visit the ruins of the 13th Century capitol of Siam. It is called Sukhothai. This is the place where the Thai alphabet was developed. A kingdom was formed here, and it ruled for many years before being annexed through marrige and absorbed into the greater Thai Kingdom administered by the Ayu...

Sukhothai was the first Thai capital in southeast Asia, and the religious structures are surprisingly well-preserved and tourist-free. More importantly, in contrast of what the silly Lonely Planet says, the new part of the small town is a pleasant place to spend some time. I was lucky enough to be there for some sort of school performance or the...

The festival of Loy Kratong was originated in Old Sukhothai (supposedly the king's advisor sent a floating flower arrangement down the river to please the king. This one, in turn, liked the idea so much and turned it into a holiday). As such, Sukhothai draws a large number of pilgrims who come here to view the festivities, to send a lit paper la...

1. Riding bicylces amongst Old Historical Sukhthai and ruins: It been a while since we've both ridden bicylces, but this was a great way to get reaquainted. It was prefect to bike between the various wats as the Historical town is closed off to most traffic. We had fun goofing off in the quiet streets. 2. The large Buddha at Wat Si Chum: Playing...

So the three other farangs and I packed up our bags this weekend and headed for Sukhothai, the ancient capital of Thailand. The bus ride took an abysmally long 6 hours, which should have been four, but in Thailand, the busses will actually drop you off anywhere along the line that you want, so we must have made at least a dozen stops along the ...

There was a huge storm in the night and the thunder was almost deafening, I had to wake Nathan up so he could hear it. We had a lie-in and took a pick-up ride to the bus station for a bus to Bangkok. It was pretty ****** for "1st class" but there was a bus hostess and we got free water. The combination of karaoke videos on the tv and idiots chat...

It all happened so quickly. We got to New Sukhothai bus station, and tried to work out how to get to Old sukhothai, only to end up back on the same bus that kindly dropped us off opposite Vitoon Guest House (the chilean had booked a room there). The lady that run the house was very informative, after checking in, explored the market, ate in a re...

After an overdose of Delboy Tours, We Decided to travel independently by Government Bus up North! First Stop the quiet town of Sukhothai. It was nice to go to a rural town with less tourists. We hit jackpot with the guest house. "Ban Thai" It comes highly recommended The first morning after arriving in the early hours we decided to hire bikes an...