Thursday, November 6, 2008
Sukhothai and Bangkok
Sukhothai is an ancient city that was the capital of Thailand in the 1700s. We took a bus from Chiang Mai to Sukhothai, very long and no bathroom breaks, yikes. Anyway we spent 2 nights in Sukhothai. The first night we just slept. The next day we woke, rented bikes and went on an all day journey around the ancient city, see the photos. Many of the Buddhas are very famous in Thailand. That evening we wandered around the small town, feeding stray dogs. That night we went back into the historical area. My mom was scared the entire time. Dog gangs were having barking wars, but other than that it was very peaceful and beautiful. The following day we took a bus to Phitsanulok where we caught a train to Bangkok. We had 8 hours to kill so we walked around a dead town, but by night fall the town brightened up, we had cheap massages, and wandered the night bazar. Once in Bangkok at 5 am we went to the backpacker street and got a shitty room for way too much money. We slept, walked around. Shopped a little bit. Went to the Grand Palace, where there was a ceremony going on with the King and Queen. They were honoring the deceased sister by adding a cap to the top of the palace. Tons of people gathered in order to be in the Kings presence. Very cool. At night we met up with some Payap friends and went to a bar. The next day we wandered and went to the airport. We arrived in Krabi, took a bus to a town called Ao Nang, stayed the night. The next day we arrived in TONSAI.
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2 comments:
How did the sister die?
I dunno...
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