BANGKOK TRAVEL ITINERARY 2015 - WEST HEAVEN BUDDHA TEMPLE, SARABURI, BANGKOK [PART 6]

CONTINUATION OF BANGKOK TRAVEL ITINERARY PART 1,2, 3, 4 AND 5

DAY 7 [WEDNESDAY - 18/3/15]

- VISIT WEST HEAVEN BUDDHA AT SARABURI. 

 

HERE IS WHERE THEY HAVE THE FOOTPRINT OF BUDDHA. THIS TEMPLE IS ABOUT 140 KM FROM BANGKOK CITY. VISITING THIS TEMPLE PROBABLY TAKES A FULL DAY. UNLESS YOU WISH TO PRAY TO BUDDHA HERE OTHERWISE YOU CAN SKIP VISITING THIS SITE DUE TO THE DISTANCE.

OPPOSITE THE TEMPLE GROUNDS, THERE ARE SOUVENIR STALLS AND A SMALL LOCAL MARKET WITH FOOD STALLS.  FOOD PRICES HERE ARE VERY CHEAP BUT AREA IS NOT WELL MAINTAINED.

IT IS BETTER TO VISIT ANCIENT CITY, BANGKOK WHERE YOU CAN GET TO VIEW THE REPLICA OF THE TEMPLE AND FOOTPRINT.

HOW TO GET THERE: TAKE BTS TO VICTORY MONUMENT. GET DOWN THE STATION TO THE MINIVAN STATION BENEATH THE STATION [SAME PLACE WHERE YOU GET THE MINIVAN TO AYUTTHAYA]. THE FARE IS 100 THB ONE WAY AND RETURNING FARE IS 90 THB. 

YOU MAY HAVE TO CHANGE TO TUK-TUK [15 THB] BEFORE REACHING THE TEMPLE BECAUSE THE VAN DOES NOT DROP YOU OFF AT THE TEMPLE. FOR RETURN TRIP YOU CAN CALL THE DRIVER TO PICK YOU UP AT THE TEMPLE.

NIGHT TIME – FREE AND EASY. DINNER AROUND THE VICINITY OF THE HOTEL. LOTS OF LOCAL FOOD AVAILABLE AT REASONABLE PRICES.

BANGKOK TRAVEL ITINERARY 2015 - ANCIENT CITY, BANGKOK [PART 4]

CONTINUATION OF BANGKOK TRAVEL ITINERARY PART 1,2 AND 3

DAY 5 [MONDAY - 16/3/15]

- VISIT ANCIENT CITY [MUANG BORAN]

 SAMUT PRAKAN, BANGKOK. 

ADMISSION - 700 BAHTS [BUSES AND BICYCLES AVAILABLE TO TOUR THE AREA WHICH IS ABOUT 320 ACRES IN SIZE.

OPENS DAILY - 8.00 AM - 5.00 PM.

THIS PARK IS OUTSIDE BANGKOK, DEDICATED TO PRESERVING THAI CULTURAL HERITAGE IN THE FORM OF THE MANY SIGNIFICANT BUIDLINGS AND HISTORICAL PLACES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.  THERE ARE ABOUT 100 MONUMENTS AND REPLICAS SUCH AS THE GRAND PALACE, FOOT PRINT OF  LORD BUDDHA, SARABURI, FLOATING MARKET VILLAGE, THAI JUNK, ROYAL BARGE ETC.  READ MORE>>

 

THIS VISIT MAY TAKE A FULL DAY BUT IT IS A PARK WORTH VISITING.

HOW TO GET THERE: TAKE BTS TO THE LAST STATION AT BEARING.  FROM THERE TAKE A TAXI TO ANCIENT CITY WHICH IS ABOUT 10 KM FROM BTS STATION.  TAXI FARE IS ABOUT 250 BAHTS.  THE PARK PROVIDES FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE TO BTS STATION AFTER YOUR VISIT AT CERTAIN HOURS.  CHECK AT THE TICKETING OFFICE FOR THE SCHEDULE AS IT DIFFERS ON DIFFERENT DAYS OF THE WEEK.

- DINNER AT TERMINAL 21 [PIER 21] 

LOCATED AT SUKHUMVIT BETWEEN SOI 19 AND 21 

AT TERMINAL 21, THE FOOD COURT IS CALLED PIER 21.  IT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST, CLEANEST IN THE CITY.

THE FOOD COURT IS A PLACE WORTH DINING AT AS THERE ARE NUMEROUS STALLS SELLING LOCAL THAI FOOD [PAD THAI/ LAD NA], CHINESE [ROASTED DUCK, FUSION FOOD AND WESTERN FOOD.  FOOD IS GOOD AT VERY, VERY REASONABLE PRICE. 

WE WERE TOLD THAT THE FOOD HERE ARE POPULAR THAI FOOD PREPARE  BY CHEFS WHO HAVE LEARNED TO COOK THEM USING THE BEST RECIPES.  YOU CAN GET TO SAVOUR 3 DIFFERENT KINDS OF FOOD WITH 100 BAHTS AT THIS PLACE.

HOW TO GET THERE:  TAKE MRT TO SUKHUMVIT OR DIRECT ACCESS VIA SKYWALK BTS ASOK.