{"id":89,"date":"2006-08-18T16:31:55","date_gmt":"2006-08-18T11:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.martindreier.de\/?p=87"},"modified":"2006-08-18T16:31:55","modified_gmt":"2006-08-18T11:01:55","slug":"ayutthaya-day-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dreier.cloud\/?p=89","title":{"rendered":"Ayutthaya (Day 7)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday, 18\/08\/2006, Bangkok<\/code><\/p>\n

Finally, after over 3 month, a Schnitzel<\/em>…<\/p>\n

Today I decided to visit the old capital of Ayutthaya. I took the train out of town, a pleasant 3 hour ride. Thai 3rd class is by far more comfortable than Indian Second! From the railway station in Ayutthaya, I avoided all the riksaw drivers („Too far to walk“<\/em>) and walked the 50 m down to the river where I took the ferry to the other side.<\/p>\n

I rented a bike for the day, which avoided both an annoying driver and sore feet from walking. If only they drove on the right side ;).<\/p>\n

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Ayutthaya was the capital of Thailand before king Rama II decided to build a new one, Bangkok. Ironically, he tried to copy many temples and palaces from Ayutthaya in Bangkok… Right next to the ruins lies today’s city of Ayutthaya, not very big, with a bustling market which I unfortunately had not the time to enjoy (or „enjoy“, I don’t know).<\/p>\n

I sure saw a lot of ruins that day, I think it will last me for a while. I will spare you the details, but take a look at the pictures when I get them online. The ruins are truly impressive, and spot some hidden treasures, such as a underground chamber with old wall paintings.<\/p>\n

And the schnitzel, you ask? Well, after returning my bike, I decided to take a little stroll through the city. That’s when I discovered the „German Restaurant“, a small restaurant led by Peter, a German expat. He makes a good Schnitzel mit Bratkartoffeln<\/em>, and I had a nice time there talking with Peter and another German expat (the drunk New Zealander at was quickly shown out :)).<\/p>\n

After catching the train back to Bangkok, I checked the bus connection into Cambodia for the next day, and had my fina; dinner at the Dubliner, an (duh!) Irish pub right on Sukhumvit road. Their (admittedly pretty expensive) steak is probably the best you can get in Bangkok!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Friday, 18\/08\/2006, Bangkok Finally, after over 3 month, a Schnitzel… Today I decided to visit the old capital of Ayutthaya. I took the train out of town, a pleasant 3 hour ride. Thai 3rd class is by far more comfortable than Indian Second! From the railway station in Ayutthaya, I avoided all the riksaw drivers\u2026 Weiterlesen »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-trip","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dreier.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dreier.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dreier.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dreier.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dreier.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dreier.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dreier.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dreier.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dreier.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}