From Sukhothai to Bangkok via Ayutthaya, here are 10 iconic places to retrace Thailand's history through key sites and monuments.
Here we are, it's April 13th, Thai New Year's Day, at the time we leave for Sukhothai city, thinking that the festivities would take place in the area everything still seemed relatively calm, we will not see
Today we headed a little further north, towards the Si Satchanalai Historical Park, about 50km from Sukhothai. The main part is slightly smaller but it is still worth the detour. The walk can be done
In this second part of the day we therefore joined Lampang to Sukhothai, a journey of about 3 hours (and a few), without counting the stops obviously. The timing was relatively good because we arrived in time to visit the northern part of the park
For this day on the road our destination was Sukhothai, but having Lampang included on the route we made a small detour to Wat Phra That Lampang Luang before reaching the ancient capital, where we will spend the festivities
Picked up around 8am, we will pick you up directly from your hotel (indicated at the time of booking). Time to go around the hotels of the other customers plus others who arrived directly from the station and we left for the park around Mae Taeng, an hour north of Chiang Mai.[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
The first thing you see when you arrive is the food reserve, here there is enough to feed the elephants for two days.[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="2"]
Overview of part of the park.[/caption]
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The day begins after a briefing on an elephant feeding session.[/caption]
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Snack.[/caption]
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The park also serves as a shelter for dogs.[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
After the elephants it will be our turn to eat.[/caption]
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This one is in bad shape...[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
At the table![/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
Lots of choice, that's a well-stocked plate.[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
Now it's bath time.[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
There's one who seems to be happy about it.[/caption]
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The park is clearly popular as there were a lot of people there (it's a shame, I would have preferred it to be a bit more "intimate" but so much the better for the park which obviously needs funds to maintain all these people)[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
It's a bit like the "Songkran" of elephants.[/caption]
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Hmm... bon appétit, we had indeed been told that dogs like fresh elephant poop (only).[/caption]
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After a while it's not just the elephants who get sprayed.[/caption]
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Myself in action.[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
A latecomer.[/caption]
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That's some posing![/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
These people will go into exile for a little while.[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
Calm has returned.[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]
We return to the observation post.[/caption]
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Construction of “scrapers”.[/caption]
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Solo bath.[/caption]
Continuation of this 7th day with the Nan – Chiang Mai journey, a road which takes us down to cross the mountainous roads of the north of the country.
Originally I had planned to go to Lampang to a center that is a hospital for elephants, my parents wanted to go see elephants in a different context than walks and games. Knowing that in her desire my mother did in particular
This is a day where I would have difficulty defining where we went. First, we returned to the Pua area before retracing our steps, this time to go west of the
The continuation and end of this 5th day while we are back in Nan, we take the time to visit a village in the surrounding area, which has a temple indicated in the guides.
The continuation of our 5th day in the Nan mountains, which took us to Doi Phu Kha National Park, northeast of the city.
This day will take us to one of the national parks in the vicinity of Nan. For this day, it was Doi Phu Kha National Park north of Nan, more precisely east of Pua on the road to
This 4th day takes us from Phitsanulok to Nan, our main destination for the next few days. The journey takes us along secondary roads to better enjoy the scenery, including the surroundings of Lake Sirikit, crossed by car.
This 3rd day marks the start of the trip to the north of Thailand, more precisely in the Nan region, with a first stop today in Phitsanulok, not that it is an unmissable city but