Thailand Trip - Ayutthaya.

The trip with my cousins pushed through last weekend, October 12-15. We planned about it last year or early this year, booked around end Feb, and after fixing the hotel and a lot of google-ing, we came and conquered Bankok. Lance also came along with us, she flew from Singapore, so we were 4, Lance, Ate Yel, Kat and I.

So how do I start? Hmm.. Departure! Cebu Pacific, who's now recently late all the time adjusted our flight and moved it earlier. Even if the plane was on time, unfortunately they overbooked, and there weren't any takers. Yes it was another free round trip ticket, but the rigorous planning and adjusting your trip again would be taxing and we ended up not caring for a free round trip ticket. After awhile, I'm not really sure if there were any takers, but I'm guessing there were, we boarded the plane and flew to Bangkok.

We arrived in the hotel around 3 in the morning, which basically ruined 'the plan'. I made this sort of itinerary on what we'll do while we're there. Our trip to Ayutthaya can't push through because we can't wake up at 7am to take the train/bus that would take us there. The ride is 2 hours, and it would be time consuming if we leave around 10am, we'll waste the whole day if we do that. Anyway, we left the hotel around 10, hailed a cab and thought we'd shop in Platinum Mall instead. While talking to Mr. Tommy, the cab driver (who speaks good english, by the way), we mentioned our plan that sadly didn't push through. He offered to take us to Ayutthaya! Hooray! Since there are the 4 of us, splitting the cab fare into 4 won't be that costly :) And since we were riding a cab, there won't be a lot of stops on the way so it basically took us around an hour and few minutes going there.



The trip to Ayutthaya was culturally enriching, I'm envious what in the Philippines we don't have these spots where you can bring tourists around that would make them appreciate our culture. The place even though in ruins was a majestic grandeur. I know we have Intramuros, but I don't think it's still comparable to what I've seen in Ayutthaya.

Although the initial plan was just to shop in Bangkok, I'm really glad we made this stop! Yes there's the Grand Palace, the Golden Reclining Buddha in Bangkok, but seeing the old capital of Thailand, even thought it's an hour away is definitely worth it.


At the end of the tour, nothing beats authentic Pad Thai in Thailand, even if it's just a whole in the wall resto and it costs 30baht. :)

(To be continued.)