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Ayutthaya-Sukhothai-Chiang Mai

Posted by leiaorgana | 10th May 2007

After 4 relaxing days in Ayutthaya we decide to visit another old capital Sukhothai. Going from one place to another is a tricky part. In Ayutthaya there is no place that you can buy bus tickets. Bus station is on the motorway outside the city so the only possibility is to go there and wait for the bus. You can only get to the bus if there are any free place. We arrive a little bit to late for the 10 o'clock so we have to wait until 11 still without a ticket because all the buses are coming from Bangkok and nobody know if there are any free places inside. So when the bus finally arrive a crowd attacked the ticket window. We have been lucky and we get in for 6 hour drive to Sukhothai (cost of the ticket about 230 baht per person). Sukhothai is organized different than Ayutthaya. There is old city and new city with distance of 14 km. The new city is dirty and ugly but accommodation is cheaper. Old city is nicer and quiet with a few guest houses. The best way to move around are the bicycl

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