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Eating in Bangkok can be expensive or very cheap (street food). We choosed the medium to low variant, eating mainly in malls. One was very near out hotel and. Coming back after a day of visits, we stopped twice at … Continue reading
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You can find Baiyoke Tower in the building of the Baiyoke Sky Hotel, the highest building in Thailand. The construction was finished on 1997. The hotel has 85 floors, and if you want to climb by feet there are 2060 … Continue reading
We have been in Bangkok for only two and a half days. It was difficult to make a visit plan, as this was our first time in Bangkok. I could not miss the “classicals”: The Grand Palace, The Emerald Buddha … Continue reading
The last temple which we visited in Si Satchanalai, and may be the most interesting, was Wat Phra Si Ratanamahathat. The archeological remains suggest that the complex was erected in the pre-Sukhotai period, probably around 1237. The Khmer style prang, … Continue reading
The second part of the post concerning the Si Satchanalai Historical Park presents other 4 wats we have seen there. All the information, for both Sukhotai and Si Satchanalai Historical Park, has as source aguide published by the Fine Arts … Continue reading
Si Satchanalai is located 550 km North of Bangkok. Together with the Historical Park Sukhotai, the Historical Park Si Satchanalai is part of the UNESCO treasury under the name of ‘Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns’ The ancient … Continue reading
Si Satchanalai is situated on the Yom river valley, aprox. 60 km from Sukhotai. We went there (after our rich breakfast) by a songthaew, which we hired for 700 bht (17 euro) to take us there and back. It would … Continue reading
The last wat we visited that morning was Wat Chang Lom.The chedi is interesting here, adorned with elephant statues, coming out from the wall, as they sustain the whole chedi. This morning visit gave us a good feeling due to … Continue reading
We visited the ruins of Wat Phra Phai Luang, near the great North gate of the Old Town Sukhotai. They are encircled by a large moat full of water, of 600 m length at each side. Three large prangs, adorned … Continue reading
Our next stop was Wat Si Chum, an interesting temple, where the Buddha image looks to us through a fence in the wall. The statue is 15 m tall, and the width – from one knee to the other – … Continue reading