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Hi,
We are 2 adults and one child. I want to travel from Bangkok to Ayutthaya, tour over there and return the same day
Next day i would like to Go and see Kanchanaburi, stay there and return the next day.
Is it better to take a Taxi. If so can someone suggest a good deal or a preferred company
You can go to Ayutthaya easily on your own, by bus or train. You can then hire a tuk-tuk to take you around for the day.
For Kanchauburi, the sites are quite spread out and it's prob better to arrange a tour with a local agent ahead of time given you only have 2D1N there. It's harder to go on your own without your own car, as the bus within the province doesn't run frequently. The bus between BKK and Kanchanaburi runs frequently.
You can sign up for a tour through local travel agencies. Tours for Ayutthaya and Kanchanaburi/Bridge on River Kwai are very common. You would have to pay for the adults and probably carry your child for free. I can't see a taxi ride to these areas being that much cheaper than actually signing up for a tour. Tours come with a guide to explain things.
There are hundreds of travel agencies in Bangkok. Even some hotels have a tour desk. Just check out a couple of these places and see what you like and let them pick you up at your hotel and return you there at the end of the day.
Good luck.
I've both taken the tour as well as taken a train to Ayutthaya. I preferred the train and it is simple enough to do.
Take the early train out and ride with the locals (a lot of fun).
You will be getting on with people carrying everything from food to chickens and watch the country side go by.
The train makes regular stops and you will have food vendors walking up and down the aisle offering snacks and drinks for sale.
As mim mentions, once there it is cheap enough to hire a tuk tuk to take you around. Ask them to take you to a local place for lunch rather than a big hotel which most tours do.
You can even return by river boat from Ayutthaya so that you can see a totally different side of Bangkok ans surrounding area.
Homer
We went to Ayutthaya by guided tour as well as on our own by train.
Preferred the trip by train ... had lots of fun, sitting on the floor (overcrowded ... :-) ).
On the guided tour you mostly make a stop at Bang-Pa-In, a royal summer residence. Was a nice visit, but not compared to the other temples in Ayutthya. If you only have 1 day, skip BPI and go straight to Ayutthaya.
Take a tuk-tuk for a day and make a selection of the temples you want to see.
You can also tkae a tour by boat n the moats surrounding the city. That way you can see temples outside of the moats (even if only from the water, they're still nice to see).
Go back by train or take a dinnercruise on the Chao Phraya.
Kanchanaburi is best done by organised tour. As said above, the sites are quite spread around and it's easier if you have a tourbus and a guide with you.
Have fun !
Jessika
don't use the Hotels computer for internet access they are outrageously expensive, go accross the street or a few steps down the road. Internet cafes are everywhere in Bangkok, in an internet cafe you can get 30mins for 15c AUD. This will cost you $6.00 for 15 minutes in the hotel
Grand Palace. It is obvious but also the MUST see in Bangkok.
Please see Travelogue for more pictures The FOOD. I miss the food so much, but luckily we have excellent Thai restaurants here....but I miss the FOOD!
We were reluctant on giving Mahanak Mosque a visit as the taxi drivers were either trying to rip us off, reluctant or acted plain dumb when we wanted to go to Mahanak. We persevered, kept on asking and finally found a good driver to transport us there. We were surprised when we arrived as we thought it was just a mosque smack in the heart of Bangkok, But Mahanak Mosque is actually surrounded around rows of shops selling Muslims necessities and we also noticed couples of Muslims walking around. Mahanak Mosque itself wasn't up to par if compared to Chakrapong Mosque in our opinion but if your looking for some Muslimah wear in Bangkok, Do drop by Mahanak Mosque! Different cultures, lifestyle, food and many more compared to boring Singapore.
There is a mountainous region in the North where due to time and natural occurrences salt crystals have been trapped and aged for hundreds of years. In the village of Nan farmers make salt the old fashion way leaving a raw but finely aged and naturally cured salt. Combined with other raw materials local to Thailand, and the a clay stoneware body dug in Chang Rai the Clay Temple takes the utmost care in bring live from the surrounding area and packaging it in ceramic wares that can be enjoyed at home. In the old capital city of Ayuthaya a kiln site has give rise to ceramic ware made from Thai local materials with a cosmopolitan perspective.
Somewhere I read that English women gossip for 80% of their conversations, and the figure was exactly the same for blokes - except we refrain from calling it gossip.
In Bangkok, officially, you don't gossip about people, as it is not the right way sort of thing, and not good Buddhist clean thoughts stuff. However, the lads and lases in my office all have a good gossip but just keep it a bit quiet, and don't do it in the pub.
In Thai gossip scenarios you don't need to do all the announcment pre-match I've got some gossip for you warm up phrases. (For example, "ooo oooh listen listen" "guess what you won't believe this" " 'ere keep this to yourself..."). Those aren't needed, you just get straight into the gossip at hand before someone catches you up to no good. However, the agreement / disagreement / fuelling accelerators are needed. ("Nooooo?" "I don't belieeeve it!" Yeah? yeah, really !" "Go on, yeah, on I'm all ears").
Now, even if you have no clue as to what is going on you can still do the accelarators with all the gang. Dead easy...
For "Noooo?" or "You don't say?" and all that questioning stuff. You say:
Lerrrr?
For "yup, that's what he said" and "I'm just saying it as how I saw it". You drop in:
Jing,
Jing literally means "full stop / period". If you are a lass you may even give it a "jing jiiiiing", but blokes don't do that - the lasses think you are taking the mick and couldn't care less what shampoo she was seen buying.
To go super local and upcountry local lingo you may also add a
"Le blaow?"
to your Jing. This is a bit dangerous. The gang will then think you are dead fluent and may ask you what you think on the matter under review. Nightmare. So I've heard. Jing jiiing.
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