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soul glo · Joined: 16 Jul 2006

this is my first trip to thailand I will be flying into bangkok

my question is what should I do with the 8 days?
should i just spend all of it in bangkok or should i venture off to other cities?

I really dont want to go too far and im not really into beaches (im from florida)

Id like to see ruins temples waterfalls etc

how is Ayuthaya?

thanks again for all the help Smile

Drew345 · Joined: 24 May 2005

Ayutayya is OK; but heavily touristed and the locals are less than friendly because of that fact. I think Sukothai is much better. For waterfalls (and lakes and mountains) Kanchanaburi is a great place to go. Neither of these places are too far from Bangkok. Sukothai is about 7 hour bus and Kanchanaburi is about 4 hours from Bangkok. You could have 2 nights in Bangkok; 2 in Sukothai; then 2 in Kanchanaburi. Add the extra nights where you like the most.
I was at the beach in Samui last week. I haven't seen so many Farangs (westerners) for a long time. Thousands; millions of them (us). I think skipping the beaches and seeing Sukothai (Temples) and Kanchanaburi (Waterfalls and lakes) would be a much better trip.
Have Fun; Drew

jajdude · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

Kanchanaburi is really a lovely place. I never knew where that bridge over the river Kwai was until I saw it there.

A lot of islands are nice, too.

Hua Hin is a somewhat popular tourist spot about 2-3 hours south of BKK. It was pretty nice for a smaller town, and cheaper than BKK.

Maybe www.ajarn.com can be of some assistance?

One thing about Thailand is that there are no really big cities outside BKK, which has over 6 million people. The next highest population is under half a million.

http://www.citypopulation.de/Thailand.html

kat2 · Joined: 25 Oct 2005 Location: Busan, South Korea

I think you can do bangkok in about 2 or 3 days, unless you are really, really into temples and touristy stuff. I haven't been tehre, but i've had some friends that really loved Chaing Mai. Its a bit far from Bangkok, but you can fly pretty cheaply with bangkok airways http://www.bangkokair.com/ or take the night train, which is also supposed to be fun.

RedRob · Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Location: Narnia

Get an overnight sleeeper train to chaing mai, saves a night accomm & is quite cool fun, book into royal star hotel (600b w/ pool , good food, cold brews) then get thee to any travel agent in town, get a mini-bus to Pai, (they will pick you up) a lovely little mountain enclave in the NWest (6hrs) mtn biking, walks, hotsprings, waterfalls, bit of night life. Lotsa greenery and scenery. And weeed for miles if thats yr bag (hehe).