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After the gym and a buffet breakfast, we hired a driver (thanks, Udom!) for a few hours to take us to some sites around the outskirts of Chiang Mai. First, we drove up a huge hill to Wat Phra That Doi Suthep – it is one of Northern Thailand’s most sacred temples. Legend has it … Continue reading
Today we didn’t leave the Four Seasons – it was a luxurious occasion. We’ll be back to our regular blogging tomorrow…now we leave you with this:
Fortunately, this is ‘out of our room’.
Waiting to hop a train in Thailand is becoming a reoccurring theme: It’s hot and tense while you never know what’s coming down the track – or when. We enjoy watching tons of earth shaking steel rumble but we’d rather get on board before the station dogs sick their fangs in our direction.
First try:
Number two:
And then…
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We waited at the station for the 9:01pm that turned into the 9:45pm…no matter. We shared our sleeper car with a lovely young Brit named Kate (19 and traveling before university) and a Czech stranger on the top bunk that stumbled in at 10pm, climbed up to his bunk and passed out without closing the … Continue reading
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This morning we got up, had a great little breakfast at our hotel (Promthong Mansion – highly recommended) and headed out on our bikes for a tour. First stop: Ayutthaya train station to see about exchanging our seats on the night train to be beds on the night train. The language barrier is a bit … Continue reading
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We found a great guest house in Ayutthaya that provided a cool oasis from the 100 degree day biking around the ancient wats.
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Ready…set…train! 30 Bhat = $1. Our tickets were 50 cents each. Like C mentioned in his post – we were stranded in north Bangkok for a bit… Tuk Tuks are mini trucks with motorcycle engines – you feel like you should absolutely be wearing a helmet. Your browser does not support the video tag Crab … Continue reading
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There’s something romantic about hooking up with an good ol’ diesel locomotive. Except for this particular little engine unhitched and snuck off just three stops toward Ayutthaya stranding us with no locomotive in north Bangkok. We could have Tuk Tuk’d that far. Plus we didn’t even get lunch out of the deal – some engines are just weak.
Luckily after a couple hours and as many beers, rescue came in the arrival of a proper powerplant. This engine treated us right while pulling us through to the ancient city.
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