Destination

                                THAILAND

In General

Thailand is one of the world first destination for travelers that visit Asia. Many visitors they come to Thailand for a week but falling in love with the country for a life time, they fascinated with the Thai culture and way of life. Thailand is the land of freedom and we going to guide you step by step to this land starting with the Bangkok the capital city.

Bangkok

Bangkok is divided from the Chao prahia river in to a 2 large cities Bangkok and Thonburi. The population in Thailand is grow continuously in 90s it was 65.000.000 and in 2000 is more than 70.000.000 people. In capital they live about 12.000.000. The city of Bangkok offers many interesting places to visit, the most imported is the Grand Palace that was build in 1782, the temple of Reclining Buddha, the Pat Pong night market and the Floating Market.  Religion and monarchy are the cornerstones of Thai culture is take me a lot of years to understand Theravada Buddhism, but after a lot of meditation and visits to the temples I found my way. The story of Bangkok is starts in 1957 when Burma's forces attacked the Thai capital of Ayutthaya, king Rama he took the full control of the country and he decide to move and rebuild the capital in the city of Bangkok. The new capital is starts to be more important when they make it the center of government and religion. Thailand have many styles I'm going to live the quick city of Bangkok and I will take you to the villages starting with Buriram.

Buriram

From my trips to Thailand I knew already 5 years Suttaoit and she invite me to see the second marriage of her parents, a custom of Khmer that is exist for many years so I follow her to Buriram. Buriram is 410 klm far from Bangkok before a long time minorities of Khmer they come and they create villages in south east Thailand, cities like Surin, Sisakhet, Nagon Rahashima and Buriram is where the Khmers living in Thailand. The word Buriram is mean the town of happiness. The village that Suttaoit live with her parents is 20 klm from the center of Buriram. I come here to see with my own eyes the great costume of Khmer, (when you build a new home then you should build your life again), and this is the reason that the parents of Suttaoit they going to married for a second time. The mother and all of the women's of the village they was pray and give offers to the spirits so the happiness come for the new home. The men's of the village the was busy with me, they ask me if I want to be a Khmer. They want to make me a tattoo of Khmer dragon with the tradition way of sticks that is take me 3 days of pain to finish but when is finish I was finally one Khmer. But everything is ready for the big celebration and all the people of the village are welcome for that reason they need a lot of rice and meat. After the dinner they come all the monks from the temple for they pray all together for peace. The monk with the white closes is the most imported men of the village. After the 3 rounds that we make as the costume says is come the time to put oil to the legs of the holy men so he can step first to the house. I say a thanks to Souttaoit that she invite me there so I fell one of the most strong experience.

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Ayutthaya

The ancient city of Ayutthaya was the Thai capital for 417 years. Many ancient ruins and art works can been see in the city that was found in 1350 by the king U-Thong. In the second half of the 16 century, foreigners begin to come to the kingdom and grow in number this foreigners were traders the king grad permission to the Japanese as well as other nationalities to settle, that time was 800 to 3.000.000 Japanese reported to been living in Ayutthaya. Ayutthaya today is the most visited historical park in The country.

Wat Na Phrameru Rachikaram

The temple was the place that the king of Thailand and the king of Burma agreed on the peace issue and as a witness they have broth the Boudhha image the holy book and same monks.

Wat Yai Chai Mongol

Is located to the southeast and opposite to Ayutthaya city Yai chai mongol can been seen from a far distance this monastery was build by the king U-Thong in 1357 A D for the use of the monks who had returned from Ceylon after study under phra vanarat maha thera.

Wat Chaiwatthanaram

One of the most imposing ancient Buddhism monasteries, was established by the command of king Prasatthong in 1630 A M. It is believed that the wat is located on the site of his formal home the reason for building this monastery was to make merit for his mother. The architecture is similar with that of Angkor wat.

Wat Mahathat

was a royal monastery and has been the seat of  Sangaraja the head of the Buddhism monks of the Kamavasi sect.

Wat Phra Sri Sanpet

The royal palace was located here from the establishment of Ayutthaya from the reins of king Ramathibodi the first to the reins of king Sam Phraya.  Later on king Borommatrallokonat ordered a wat to be build on this site in 1448 A D to be use it as a monastic area.

Wat Panan Choeng

Is an old monastery housing Thailand's largest ancient Buddha image with the name Louan Po To it's a historical statue and the symbol of Ayutthaya city.

Ayutthaya Market

The Ayutthaya market is very close to wat Panan Choeng here you can buy all kind of food, sounds and aromas is giving you the filling of Thai culture. In this place we meet Pong the funny guy of the market that he found a new trick for make the people happy.

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Rayong

Rayong province is a famous tourist area for local people usually but for foreign travelers also that they looking for quality places. There are 2 distinct attractions on this costal province. The first is the beautiful white sand beaches both on mainland and the islands and the second is the variety of delicious sea food. 48 klm from the town is the Laem mae phim this is a popular beach attract Thai tourist, there are many bungalows for rend at the site. The city of Rayong is located 200 klm from Bangkok. Rayong has a plenty of things for everybody from shopping centers to impressing temples, the way of living of local people is also attractive. Don't pass by with out you going in to the heart of Rayong. My trip in Rayong is finish in to one of the many Buddhism temples that they are around.