SUKHOTHAI - THAILAND

On return to Bangkok from the South East of Thailand the plan was to get my visa for Nepal and head off there. When I went to the embassy I found it was closed for a couple of days. So rather than hang around for yet more time in Bangkok I headed up north to Sukhothai.


I was joined at the last minute by Renee from the Philippines who lived in Germany. I was invited to stay with her in Frankfurt on the way home which I later did.


That first night we had some amazing food in a big place that was nearly all local people. The only catch was that you had to cook it yourself on the table. I didn't need to eat again until late the following afternoon.


The historical park was very similar to what I had seen earlier on in the trip at Ayutthaya. We hired bikes which was a good idea as it far too big to walk round in one day. It had been a long trip up north but it was well worth it.










I got back to Bangkok and finally got my visa for Nepal. My research told me that Christmas/New year was not the best time to go as it was the cold/low season. At around this time I found out that a group from home were going to Ko Samui for christmas so I arranged to join them.

Problem was my visa was going to run out, I was now going to have to do a visa run i.e cross into another country then come back in again to get a new stamp.

While I had been away Thailand had changed it's rules so you only got a 30 day visa it you arrive by international flight. Crossing a land border you only got 15 days. This did not help matters !!!!!!

From here it was all the way down to Malaysia and back..........


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