The Thailand expat forum for Travel, Lifestyle and Fun.

Property

Oops, I've misplaced my camera, maybe it's in the truck. Be back in a moment with images & report.

Images currently uploading.

My brother-in-law invited me & my wife up to his mums place in Sukhothai, and not wanting to hurt his feelings, I accepted. However I forgot just how damn far it is Took about 500 km's to get there. As I had to return to BKK on business we went in two separate trucks, at different times as I was in the shower when they called round to get us. The route we took was by way of Bang Pa-in, Ayutthaya, China & Phitsanulok, basicall the same way we went to Chiang-Mai last year. As I recall I paid 60 baht in tollway charges for the outbound trip. The trip up there was boring & uneventful except for the gas stops, snack stops, drink stops & slash stops.

The place we were headed was Sisatchanalai, which was outside of Sukhothai city by some way. We arrived around 6pm, just in time for dinner.

The nice Thai house where we stayed. Upstairs was traditional Thai construction but they had converted the former cattle pen (downstairs) for guests.






Here is the shower room. You will note that I disconnected the hot water heater, as it was an accident waiting to happen.

tristram

if you can't find it, just draw some pictures

sabang

A very short and succinct TR.

Property

Oh yeah of little faith.


Anyway after dinner there was a bit of drinking & we all went to bed, separate beds of course (except for me & the wife who traditionally sleep together). The next day it was decided that we go sightseeing, I said that I was too tired to drag my ass round historic sights and didn't want to drive. A kindly volunteer took it upon himself to take the wheel of my nice new truck & act as chauffeur(sp). They chucked raffia mats & drinks containes in the back of the truck and off we went.

First stop was,



The only thing I found worthy of imaging was the nearby river.



A green for the first person to tell us the name of the river. I haven't a clue.

The party of Thais accompanying me headed straight for the food shop & ordered som tam(sp), rice, water & cola. They were obvioulsy less keen on their history than I was.

Note to travellers. take a leak outside of the park cos inside it costs 3 baht. I'm sure there was also an entry fee but we didn't pay anything.


More to follow if anyone is remotely interested.

bgood

'Yom' river

Yes please, I'm interested.

My wife has a house on the bank of the river near there but we seldom visit, its full of family.

rawlins

^ Yup... keep it coming..

3 baht for a slash... shocking... I'd rather piss my pants.

MeMock

How long does your shower take?

Why do you keep making the word new truck italicised?

Marmite the Dog

Because he thinks it's special to have a pick-up in Thailand.

Wayne Kerr

Few different names for it on Google Earth. I'd ask your missus which one is used locally. Always good to see different places. Thanks.

Itchy

We were in Sukhothai for New Year, we stayed at the Lotus Village Guesthouse, quite my favorite GH in Thailand.

Next time you are in Sukhothai check out the Dream Cafe restaurant - excellent food and a nice environment.

For a local bar experience there is a bar on the corner of the bridge over the river (Oposite side from Sukhothai town) directly oposite the Thai Farmer Bank. A real simple place with a great atmosphere.

Property

I've given you a green cos it sounds like an intelligent answer.

Can take 30 mins. if I do everything.

Truck italicised, well it's not really a truck, it's only a pick-up but I call it a truck cos it's so damn high as compared to the car I had before. I didn't want you to think I really had a truck.

Property

Next on the agenda was...



The reason they took me here was cos I complained that I wanted to eat a cheeseburger for lunch, and just opposite the park is a nice array of places selling farang food, at quite reasonable prices. I ended up eating scrambled egg with bacon & two slices of toast. The ppl. with me also took the opportunity to stuff their faces.

As I recall it costs about 50 baht to take your truck into the park & each person pays an additional 10 baht. farangs prolly have to pay more but I hide in the truck so as to avoid that well-played scene.

Travellers tips. If you don't have a car, then you can rent a bicycle outside the park, or you can walk or you can rent a tuk-tuk looking thing or you can go on a tram thingy. No idea what they cost, sorry!

I asked how old the stuff in the park was, some said 700 years & some said 1,000 years. However it doesn't look that old to me.




Just take a look at those buildings etc. they are all made of red brick. Now I think the English started using red brick around the 15th/16th centuries, which means the Thais were using it long before. The guide said they've undertaken lots of repairs, using red brick. Repairs my arse, I said, you've just rebuilt the place is all. I was having none of it & muttered that I wanted my money refunded, ... that just fell on deaf ears.

There were two German lesbians wandering round soaking up the history, sadly they hurried away when I started pointing my camera at them from behind one of the statues. I also seem to bump into German s on my field trips.

more to follow ...

peterpan

The Avon, now wheres me fvcking green?

Norton

Yeah, that's it. The same one that runs behind your weedless garden.

blackgang

WOW, is that the Truck with the cool Bull Bar?

Property

My thanks to those who've taken the time to read the thread, those that have posted nice things & those that have very generously awarded me a bit of positive reputation.

Whilst in the village I stayed at, I was displayed to the local populus(sp), as seems to be the case whenever I visit the sticks. The local maidens *titter* when I give them a compliment or two in Thai. The elderly gals usually say how handsum I am & invite me into their places for a look round, which I quite enjoy really. One even expressed surprise that a farang was eating rice, she didn't think white ppl. capable of eating rice.

I have nothing else to add in the way of pictures as you've got the lot. I did try a different route back to BKK in the hope of reducing the km's clocked up, however it still worked out around the 500. It was also more expensive coming back & I ended up paying 90 bahts worth of road fees. The police stopped me once claiming that I was speeding, but the wife argued with them & they told us to sod off.

Norton

Fine thread and here's some more "positive reinforcement".

Butterfly

So those historical sites are fake ? always wanted to visit the place, but I am starting to think that Thailand doesn't have much interesting cities and village to visit. Only if we could drive to Burma instead,

sabang

Thailand has several interesting historical places to visit BF, although the regional heavyweights are Angkhor & Pagan. I assume you've seen my Kamphaeng Phet thread- I reckon you'd be pretty fussy to say places like that aren't worth a look.

Butterfly

not yet but was planning to, great to have those reports regardless, so we don't have to bother going there