Ayutthaya Travel Blogs

  Ayutthaya was the capital of Thailand (then called Siam) from 1350  until the war with Mianmar  in 1767. The city seems to be a World Heritage, you can see the temples, buildings that werer ruined since the war.  Easy to drive to Ayutthaya but for tourist, i su…

Day 2.   In this trip, Cathy left all the plannings and decision-makings to me which is something unlikely for a lawyer like her. Perhaps either she just trusts me a lot, or she just wanted to relax her mind in the entire duration of the trip. Since we had nothing planned for the whole day,…

Yesterday evening Aioh ask me about what to do today, I told her that Ayutthaya, also she told me "And offer some food to the monks?" Yeah! I never did it! So we go closer my hotel for offer some food to the monks, I don't like that is a kind of shop inside the wat where sold diferent size ($) pack…

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For my last full day in Thailand, I wanted to take a day trip away from Bangkok. I considered going to a floating market but in the end, I decided to visit the ruins in the city of Ayutthaya. At the Hualampong train station, the ticket agent immediately asked, "Ayutthaya?" when I approached. The…

Ayutthaya, Thailand, January 2009 -- This most recent excursion into Thailand over the long Chinese New Year weekend offered a fresh insight to the Kingdom, one that I willingly relegated many times in the past in favor of the more carnal vestiges of its major attractions. Indeed, there is more to …

So today, John and I headed to the island city of Ayutthaya which was the capital of Thailand for over 400 years.  During its peak, it had more than a million people and was larger than London at the time.  In 1767 however, it was sacked by the Burmese and the population reduced to less than…

The first full day in Asia, we decided to take the train up to Ayutthaya, the historic capital of Thailand, and have a look around. We got up very early and found a cab that was willing to use the meter. As a tip, this seems to be a real issue outside the hotels, but the minute you are out on the m…

Some photo's of our time in the old capital of Ayutthaya & the Royal Elephant Kraal amazing place

After our wonderful visit of yesterday-evening, and the lovely Italian diner, I woke up very happy this morning. Our first visit, the summer palace Bang Pa In, is however a bit of a disappointment. In fact, our boat trip to is more interesting than the visit itself. We see the beautiful misty morni…

Back to that empty road in the middle of the night.  I mentioned in my last entry that I wasn’t the only one who got off that bus somewhere in Ayutthaya.  We all decided to cram ourselves into one cab and head to the same guesthouse hoping that it would soon be open.  Being the onl…

City Centers, morning markets, night bazaars, Wats, delicious Thai food, wonderful people, new friends, the North and South, waterfalls and crystal beaches.

...and I've never spent Christmas anywhere other than Birmingham or Wakefield. That's where my grandparents live and it's not that much more exotic than Birmingham. Not any more exotic if we're honest. Christmas in Thailand is going to be a new one on me.I didn't know where to go, either. If I went…

We finally decided we needed to move on to our next adventure, but we left our hearts at Elephants and Friends.  We've pretty much decided that we will go back there for the last week of our stay here. Ayutthaya is a town just north of Bangkok that has several wats (temples).  The Burmes…

The best one old of city for Thailand i went to there for work but i can a bit travel around there i found old temple it's really big and nice