It's New Year's Day!!
One of our exciting agenda for our bkk trip!!
We are taking a train out of bangkok!
TO AYUTTHAYA!!
To set off.. we went to the hualomphong!
the train station! Wow.. i can still remember the cool crisp of air that embrace me in the morn!
Have check the timing and make sure we got there not too late for the train and still have sufficient time for us to tour ayutthaya!
The fare is cheap! i forgot how much. think 3 bucks sing dollars! hahaha.. Sadly, there is no map provided at the train station. Luckily.. we got prepared and somehow knows what to do when we get there! *we saw some nus students at the train stn too! judging from their luggage, they might b travelling to chiangmai* there's dunkin donuts at the stn! We bought some for our train snacks! the journey will take us about 3 hours!
this is where the train is located!
and this is our tickets!
we found our train and board it! it's hard to find a good seats! but we are lucky! we were still able to choose our window seats cos we are early! Boi sat opposite from me! as the train is about to leave.. more n more passengers got up the train and the train become more and more crowded!
Took a lot of photos while waiting for the train to start.. but yup.. to prevent overloading of pics.. here are only some! I even caught one of the drinks peddler walking past~ i like the effect!
as we are crossing from one city to another.. We past by many sub-urbans or u can say rural areas! took alot of pictures as well. Read from a travelblog.. The traveller went in the wee morning and so she was able to catch the sunrise! how beautiful! too bad.. it was abt 9plus that we board the train leaving for ayutthaya.
sort of a squatter!
well, there's a lot of train stops! At one point, the mailman gave some letters to the train driver where he will deliver it for them! =) am lucky to catch this!
that's the mailman.. leaving after passing the letters!
finally! we reached!! we kept thinking that we might have missed our stop.
'cos it's way past the time we were supposed to reach!
tadah!! followed a grp of ppl to get a boat to cross to our destination!! Alot of ppl choose to cycle in the island! haiz.. i cant ride! so we shall travel by foot!
when we reach the other side! gosh.. all the cyclists just went str to the attractions. We were lost! As in we know what bus to take and everything.. But we dunno where is the bus-stop or what sort of bus. Plus the people in the island are not proficient in english.. And so for the initial part we did have a hard time! Got one tuk tuk driver tries to follow us and offering us to different places. Gosh.. the price he set! Ridiculous! Somehow.. we managed to find our way to our destination!! woohoo! thanks to some nice residents and all the tour buses!
First attraction: Mat Mahathat!
Wat Mahathat is open every day from 8.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.
Ayutthaya was once the capital of Thailand.. Wat Mahathat was restored once again during the reign of King Borommakot (1732-1758 A.D.) when four porticos of the main prang were added. In 1767 A.D. When Ayutthaya was sacked the wat was burnt and has since then been in ruins. During the reign of King Rama VI in the Rattanakosin period, about 1911 A.D., the main prang of the wat collapsed again and looters seized the opportunity to dig for treasure. Only in 1956
A.D. did the Fine Arts Department undertake excavations around the central area of the prang where the relics must have been kept.
The famous thing in this temple is "The face of the Buddha" with a tree growing around it. Even though the temple is in ruins, the Buddha images are still respected.
tourists resting points plus shops that sell food, drinks and souveniors!
These pictures show Buddha images which have had their heads cut off by ancient souvenir hunters. You will find the heads in museums and private homes in Europe and America.
cute japanese boi!! hahaha.. cant help but to steal a pic of him!
Well.. we had a hard time finding the buddha tree.. but luckily.. someone directed us to the right place! the place is very big and it is very magnificent! Imagine it before being burnt down! gosh! it must be a very pretty place!
The serenity of the place and the deep history that it had..
had made this place so special and a kind of its own!
well.. after a long train ride and walking arnd under the blasting sun.. we are realli tired and hungry. With our guidebook, there's 2 great restaurant in the area. We are able to find one of the recommended restaurant but to our disappointment it is closed probably bcos its new year's day. so we walked and walked and walked. Was tired alr.. saw a "hawker centre" and it was bustling with people.. but everything was in thai! haiz.. so we kept on walking but to no avail.. we decided to walk back to the area where Mat Mahathat is and found a restaurant that is opened!
trying to be farnie.. 'cos he is too tired.. (while waiting for our food to be given to us!)
seated at this pretty plaCe.. where we can see the outside but still hidden from the sun.
yummylicious food!!!
okay... after the food!! we went to the next attraction beside Mat Mahathat! It is called Wat Phra Ratchaburana(quite a mouthful of words). =)
Wat Ratchaburana was erected by King Boromracha II (1424-48) in memory of his elder brothers Ay and Yi, killed in a duel over the succession to the throne. Columns and walls of the wiharn still stand, as do some ruined chedis around the prang and also parts of the surrounding walls complete with lancet gateways. The large prang with its fine figured stucco, portraying nagas supporting garudas, is exceptionally well preserved.
hahaha.. this pic is took last! but see our hair.. it is very windy huh.. Guess where are we?? We are at the top of the temple.. it's another sort of those high climb where u look dwn yr leg will go soft!! hahahaha..
u can see this from the top!
inside there is a secret passage! but it is too steep for us to move!
this is the place where we climbed up!! hahaha.. we felt so comfy up there!
next up.. there are quite a few attractions but we decide to go for one more!! =) Next up.. Wat Phra Si Sanphet!! If my memory did not fail me.. we went there by tuktuk!! wow.. it is another touristy place!! its bustling with ppl!! =) we walked arnd for awhile and den we spotted a "pasar malam"! (boi needs to find toilet too) We spotted this food that is everywhere in the pasar malam.. we realli wanted to try.. but dunno what is this.. this is one of the stall!
this is a short clip of how it is made!!
we buay tahan! hahaha.. walk arnd n decide to buy it!! hahaha.. it is very cheap.. and we thought the skin is wad we eat.. den they give us another big pack of weird stuff.. we were like.. huh! so big.. wad's tt??! we rejected eat n then eat our first piece of "skin". BLAND! hahaha.. den we realise.. the stuff that they had given us is to be put in the skin n eat it.. hahaha.. we went back with apologectic look and the lady is very nice to teach us how to eat!! ohh my gawd!! its sugary(the filling)!! yummy!! we were so high!!
this is suppose to be how to eat it!! hahahahaha.. too bad cant buy alot cos will lau hong! but we are satisfied!
yeap.. after toilet we went to our last attraction! u know.. there is no ticket officer.. u can just go into the attraction yrself.. it all depends on ur integrity actually!! that's how trustful the people are! =) it was another wonderful place.. but gosh! we were realli tired by then.. we did not realli comb the whole place! here are some of the pictures we took!! I wanna declare! i love bangkok! i love the sunlight! i love the way.. my camera always gives me the best picture when its flashlight is off!! (during the day) It is only in bangkok that i can get such good pictures! and trust me.. i can just raised my hand and pressed on the snap button.. the pic is chio de! dun believe? look back at all the day time pic.. i just took it freely!! and i love it to bits!
i love this alot.. if u were to pay attn to it.. it actually crumbled.. and fall on top one another..
pretty hor.. the sky!! woohoo!
yeap.. we decide to leave.. do not want to get back to bkk too late.. took a tuktuk! and we saw this elephant riding.. u could do tt when u are here! all u need to do is pay! hahaha.. quite cool!
finally! we reached the train stn! hahaha.. there's a big commotion!! (look below)
apparently.. this crazy guy do not want to get dwn the train.. boi was like wow wow.. i was like wow and we better hurry to get our tics! cos i do not want to miss the train! hahaha!! went to the ticket counter to get our tics.. we asked which is our train as u know.. u can board the wrong train de! n i'm correct!! the crazy guy is on our train.. but hahaha.. we are lucky as the train is supposed to leave at 4plus.. but becos of this crazy guy.. we are able to catch this train.. it is 5 plus already.. holding on to dar.. we crossed past the tracks to the train.. everywhere is packed.. i am worried!! haha.. but dar is still fascinated by him!! i was too.. but i am more worried that we cant board the train.. as some guy already went up the carriage to fight with him.. I was like a mother.. pulling him away from the commotion and frantically looking for seats!! hahaha.. i must get a seat before all the kaypoh ppl board the train!! hahaha.. went to the last carriage and yeah! got a seat! n JUST NICE the guy was brought dwn n i think went to the police station.. just 1 or 2 minutes later.. the train left the stn.. HENG LOR.. tho neber got to see the ending.. but while searching for seats.. we caught him fighting ah.. screaming ah.. okay la! worth it! hahaha.. tt's another unexpected incident that happenend!!
we were tired.. and both of us fell asleep.. the train ride was long and we were too tired to catch any sunset or i am not sure whether are there any sunset to speak of! hahaha.. yeap.. at one stn.. i went to wash my hands.. and i saw an angmoh keep taking pics.. i looked dwn and saw this family celebrating new year.. cant help.. but snap some pics too!! so joyous!!
hualumpong at night!! hungry!! and decide to look for food! we are lucky. to find one of the recommended eatery near the stn!! hohoho!! it's a chi restaurant!! and woot! it is good!!
one thing i found out abt bkk ppl. is that.. their condiment right.. will not leave out sugar.. as in.. SUGAR??! for food? well apparently.. they like it! i wonder they used it for wad sort of food?
after dinner we wanted to have more.. we wander arnd.. and came to realise.. there isnt much stuff to eat.. Plus i am real tired! hahah.. so we went back to our hotel..
this is one of the pomelo i found! gosh.. u know.. its skin is reddish! so i thought it will be very sweet.. but to my dismay.. sour de.. hahaha.. never realli finish.. and i threw it. oops! cant finish too!! SO MANY!! i eat it everyday.. but still.. hahahah..
well.. its been a wonderful day!! gosh.. the trip is ending. i dun want it to end so soon! hahaha.. i am realli tired.. the next morning i woke up.. i think dar said.. i fell asleep real fast and did not respond to him no matter how he called me. i suppose this is called sound aslp like a dead log. hahaha.. i cant wait for the next day!!
*from many travel guides.. bkk is suppose to be a leisure tour.. where visiting 2 attraction a day is considered a feat due to the blazing sun.. but we were realli happy that we accomplished many!! we finished our agenda like on the 2nd or 3rd day.. and we were flipping our travel book again or KIV lists of attractions for us to go to! If u go bkk.. pace yrself!! Enjoy it!*
One of our exciting agenda for our bkk trip!!
We are taking a train out of bangkok!
TO AYUTTHAYA!!
To set off.. we went to the hualomphong!
the train station! Wow.. i can still remember the cool crisp of air that embrace me in the morn!
Have check the timing and make sure we got there not too late for the train and still have sufficient time for us to tour ayutthaya!
The fare is cheap! i forgot how much. think 3 bucks sing dollars! hahaha.. Sadly, there is no map provided at the train station. Luckily.. we got prepared and somehow knows what to do when we get there! *we saw some nus students at the train stn too! judging from their luggage, they might b travelling to chiangmai* there's dunkin donuts at the stn! We bought some for our train snacks! the journey will take us about 3 hours!
this is where the train is located!
and this is our tickets!
we found our train and board it! it's hard to find a good seats! but we are lucky! we were still able to choose our window seats cos we are early! Boi sat opposite from me! as the train is about to leave.. more n more passengers got up the train and the train become more and more crowded!
Took a lot of photos while waiting for the train to start.. but yup.. to prevent overloading of pics.. here are only some! I even caught one of the drinks peddler walking past~ i like the effect!
as we are crossing from one city to another.. We past by many sub-urbans or u can say rural areas! took alot of pictures as well. Read from a travelblog.. The traveller went in the wee morning and so she was able to catch the sunrise! how beautiful! too bad.. it was abt 9plus that we board the train leaving for ayutthaya.
sort of a squatter!
well, there's a lot of train stops! At one point, the mailman gave some letters to the train driver where he will deliver it for them! =) am lucky to catch this!
that's the mailman.. leaving after passing the letters!
finally! we reached!! we kept thinking that we might have missed our stop.
'cos it's way past the time we were supposed to reach!
tadah!! followed a grp of ppl to get a boat to cross to our destination!! Alot of ppl choose to cycle in the island! haiz.. i cant ride! so we shall travel by foot!
when we reach the other side! gosh.. all the cyclists just went str to the attractions. We were lost! As in we know what bus to take and everything.. But we dunno where is the bus-stop or what sort of bus. Plus the people in the island are not proficient in english.. And so for the initial part we did have a hard time! Got one tuk tuk driver tries to follow us and offering us to different places. Gosh.. the price he set! Ridiculous! Somehow.. we managed to find our way to our destination!! woohoo! thanks to some nice residents and all the tour buses!
First attraction: Mat Mahathat!
Wat Mahathat is open every day from 8.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.
Ayutthaya was once the capital of Thailand.. Wat Mahathat was restored once again during the reign of King Borommakot (1732-1758 A.D.) when four porticos of the main prang were added. In 1767 A.D. When Ayutthaya was sacked the wat was burnt and has since then been in ruins. During the reign of King Rama VI in the Rattanakosin period, about 1911 A.D., the main prang of the wat collapsed again and looters seized the opportunity to dig for treasure. Only in 1956
A.D. did the Fine Arts Department undertake excavations around the central area of the prang where the relics must have been kept.
The famous thing in this temple is "The face of the Buddha" with a tree growing around it. Even though the temple is in ruins, the Buddha images are still respected.
tourists resting points plus shops that sell food, drinks and souveniors!
These pictures show Buddha images which have had their heads cut off by ancient souvenir hunters. You will find the heads in museums and private homes in Europe and America.
cute japanese boi!! hahaha.. cant help but to steal a pic of him!
Well.. we had a hard time finding the buddha tree.. but luckily.. someone directed us to the right place! the place is very big and it is very magnificent! Imagine it before being burnt down! gosh! it must be a very pretty place!
The serenity of the place and the deep history that it had..
had made this place so special and a kind of its own!
well.. after a long train ride and walking arnd under the blasting sun.. we are realli tired and hungry. With our guidebook, there's 2 great restaurant in the area. We are able to find one of the recommended restaurant but to our disappointment it is closed probably bcos its new year's day. so we walked and walked and walked. Was tired alr.. saw a "hawker centre" and it was bustling with people.. but everything was in thai! haiz.. so we kept on walking but to no avail.. we decided to walk back to the area where Mat Mahathat is and found a restaurant that is opened!
trying to be farnie.. 'cos he is too tired.. (while waiting for our food to be given to us!)
seated at this pretty plaCe.. where we can see the outside but still hidden from the sun.
yummylicious food!!!
okay... after the food!! we went to the next attraction beside Mat Mahathat! It is called Wat Phra Ratchaburana(quite a mouthful of words). =)
Wat Ratchaburana was erected by King Boromracha II (1424-48) in memory of his elder brothers Ay and Yi, killed in a duel over the succession to the throne. Columns and walls of the wiharn still stand, as do some ruined chedis around the prang and also parts of the surrounding walls complete with lancet gateways. The large prang with its fine figured stucco, portraying nagas supporting garudas, is exceptionally well preserved.
hahaha.. this pic is took last! but see our hair.. it is very windy huh.. Guess where are we?? We are at the top of the temple.. it's another sort of those high climb where u look dwn yr leg will go soft!! hahahaha..
u can see this from the top!
inside there is a secret passage! but it is too steep for us to move!
this is the place where we climbed up!! hahaha.. we felt so comfy up there!
next up.. there are quite a few attractions but we decide to go for one more!! =) Next up.. Wat Phra Si Sanphet!! If my memory did not fail me.. we went there by tuktuk!! wow.. it is another touristy place!! its bustling with ppl!! =) we walked arnd for awhile and den we spotted a "pasar malam"! (boi needs to find toilet too) We spotted this food that is everywhere in the pasar malam.. we realli wanted to try.. but dunno what is this.. this is one of the stall!
this is a short clip of how it is made!!
we buay tahan! hahaha.. walk arnd n decide to buy it!! hahaha.. it is very cheap.. and we thought the skin is wad we eat.. den they give us another big pack of weird stuff.. we were like.. huh! so big.. wad's tt??! we rejected eat n then eat our first piece of "skin". BLAND! hahaha.. den we realise.. the stuff that they had given us is to be put in the skin n eat it.. hahaha.. we went back with apologectic look and the lady is very nice to teach us how to eat!! ohh my gawd!! its sugary(the filling)!! yummy!! we were so high!!
this is suppose to be how to eat it!! hahahahaha.. too bad cant buy alot cos will lau hong! but we are satisfied!
yeap.. after toilet we went to our last attraction! u know.. there is no ticket officer.. u can just go into the attraction yrself.. it all depends on ur integrity actually!! that's how trustful the people are! =) it was another wonderful place.. but gosh! we were realli tired by then.. we did not realli comb the whole place! here are some of the pictures we took!! I wanna declare! i love bangkok! i love the sunlight! i love the way.. my camera always gives me the best picture when its flashlight is off!! (during the day) It is only in bangkok that i can get such good pictures! and trust me.. i can just raised my hand and pressed on the snap button.. the pic is chio de! dun believe? look back at all the day time pic.. i just took it freely!! and i love it to bits!
i love this alot.. if u were to pay attn to it.. it actually crumbled.. and fall on top one another..
pretty hor.. the sky!! woohoo!
yeap.. we decide to leave.. do not want to get back to bkk too late.. took a tuktuk! and we saw this elephant riding.. u could do tt when u are here! all u need to do is pay! hahaha.. quite cool!
finally! we reached the train stn! hahaha.. there's a big commotion!! (look below)
apparently.. this crazy guy do not want to get dwn the train.. boi was like wow wow.. i was like wow and we better hurry to get our tics! cos i do not want to miss the train! hahaha!! went to the ticket counter to get our tics.. we asked which is our train as u know.. u can board the wrong train de! n i'm correct!! the crazy guy is on our train.. but hahaha.. we are lucky as the train is supposed to leave at 4plus.. but becos of this crazy guy.. we are able to catch this train.. it is 5 plus already.. holding on to dar.. we crossed past the tracks to the train.. everywhere is packed.. i am worried!! haha.. but dar is still fascinated by him!! i was too.. but i am more worried that we cant board the train.. as some guy already went up the carriage to fight with him.. I was like a mother.. pulling him away from the commotion and frantically looking for seats!! hahaha.. i must get a seat before all the kaypoh ppl board the train!! hahaha.. went to the last carriage and yeah! got a seat! n JUST NICE the guy was brought dwn n i think went to the police station.. just 1 or 2 minutes later.. the train left the stn.. HENG LOR.. tho neber got to see the ending.. but while searching for seats.. we caught him fighting ah.. screaming ah.. okay la! worth it! hahaha.. tt's another unexpected incident that happenend!!
we were tired.. and both of us fell asleep.. the train ride was long and we were too tired to catch any sunset or i am not sure whether are there any sunset to speak of! hahaha.. yeap.. at one stn.. i went to wash my hands.. and i saw an angmoh keep taking pics.. i looked dwn and saw this family celebrating new year.. cant help.. but snap some pics too!! so joyous!!
hualumpong at night!! hungry!! and decide to look for food! we are lucky. to find one of the recommended eatery near the stn!! hohoho!! it's a chi restaurant!! and woot! it is good!!
one thing i found out abt bkk ppl. is that.. their condiment right.. will not leave out sugar.. as in.. SUGAR??! for food? well apparently.. they like it! i wonder they used it for wad sort of food?
after dinner we wanted to have more.. we wander arnd.. and came to realise.. there isnt much stuff to eat.. Plus i am real tired! hahah.. so we went back to our hotel..
this is one of the pomelo i found! gosh.. u know.. its skin is reddish! so i thought it will be very sweet.. but to my dismay.. sour de.. hahaha.. never realli finish.. and i threw it. oops! cant finish too!! SO MANY!! i eat it everyday.. but still.. hahahah..
well.. its been a wonderful day!! gosh.. the trip is ending. i dun want it to end so soon! hahaha.. i am realli tired.. the next morning i woke up.. i think dar said.. i fell asleep real fast and did not respond to him no matter how he called me. i suppose this is called sound aslp like a dead log. hahaha.. i cant wait for the next day!!
*from many travel guides.. bkk is suppose to be a leisure tour.. where visiting 2 attraction a day is considered a feat due to the blazing sun.. but we were realli happy that we accomplished many!! we finished our agenda like on the 2nd or 3rd day.. and we were flipping our travel book again or KIV lists of attractions for us to go to! If u go bkk.. pace yrself!! Enjoy it!*
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