Thus I decided to make day trip up 80 km north of Bangkok to visit the once so powerful city – which was called “Ayothaya”.
During the period of Ayutthaya being the Siamese capital for 417 years, 33 kings of different dynasties ruled the kingdom from 1350 until 1767.
During this time many large scale temple and palace buildings were erected, which has been included in UNESCO’s list of world heritage since 13 December, 1991. Today only few is left, but still if you stroll through the area – which is quiet large by the way – you can imagine the impressive look it must have had.
For transportation I decided the fast ones – heading out from Bangkok by train and getting around within Ayutthaya by bicycle. You can lend them at every corner and it really helps to scan the whole area. Further it is a nice natural air-condition which helped a lot during the 38+ I had today (`*v*´)
Here are some of the highlights you can explore:
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During Tropical Showers
At the end I had back to railway station were my “express” Train was late by one hour. So I could spent more time with the local street vendors, how helped me out to gain back my calories I lost during this active day ;-)
Such nice people!!!
Rolling home
