Wat Thammarakit - Ayutthaya

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Wat Thammarakit is another temple in Ayutthaya which had been rebuilt twice - the last time some of the the Burmese apparently started to melt some of the Buddha monuments for the precious metals. This is a great site for more information.

Wow - another place which is beautiful. There is actually a reclining Buddha inside of the buildings so it is worth taking a wander throughout the buildings.

Then there was the LED lighting surrounding some of the monuments - strangely serene and beautiful.

There was also a PC - but I did not know what was going on. 

Then we were received by a monk - this was certainly the place that we were supposed to be...

We purchased some roof tiles and marble floor for the rebuilding of the temple - it did feel good.

Then there were the beautiful gardens.

Then some of the temples had the 'Naga' staircases -  don't think that they are the originals though?

Not sure of the title to this - but it was calming...




The Buddha's footprint to ask for a blessing. Ayutthaya is certainly a beautiful place to visit if you want to visit some temples - this was our trip.

Wats we visited

 1) Wat Koh Kaew 

 2) Wat Chai Watthanaram 

 3) Wat Phanancheong (วัดพนัญเชิงวรวิหาร)

 4) Wat Jay Mangla Temple (วัดใหญ่ชัยมงคล)

 5) Wat Yai Chai Mongol 

 6) Wat Thammarakit (วัดธรรมิกราช)

Panoramio and Google map

Kao - Khad Viewpoint

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What a special place to visit - I visited the Viewpoint on the hill adjacent to here in 2012.

This is not strictly the same place but it is where I cycle home sometimes.

It is a fantastic place to see the sunset.

This is simply a pavement built on the side of the road along a mountainside - a fabulous idea...

Worth making a visit - still most popular with the locals.There are places to have something to eat close to here - The Beach Bar, Crystal Wild Resort, The Mangrove, Cloud 19 another hotel which I will add when I remember and a local roadside restaurant.

Phuket Weekend Market - food

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Phuket Weekend Market is certainly an attraction if you are visiting Phuket and it is also popular with the local people - there is sooooo much food to be had - we have visited a number of times.... 

ever what happened to these vehicles?

The market is effectively a football field which is divided into 2 halves and 50% of it sells food! The local Thai people come here for the wide selection of dishes and the fact that it is so big. So please bear in mind that the dishes are not cooked for the tourist but for the Thai people.

The market opens at approximately 4pm and finishes at approximately 10pm but this is never exact. There are a plethora of different types of items to find in the ever increasing number of stalls that each time we go I find something different!

If it rains then you may well get wet because half of the market is standing on the football field. Pushing a pram or the suchlike is very difficult because of the quality of the floor and the fact that the 'corridors' can be so tight...

There are toilets there which you can use  but remember to go there with some loose change with you - the last time we went I believe that the cost of this was 5 Baht.

So what foods do they have in half a football field?

Bits of animals that I cannot be sure of...

The cakes look delicious.

The chips are scrumptious - see if you can find them making the curly fries, it is a very clever machine...

Then there are the fish cakes - to nibble whilst wandering about.

If you really are in need for a kebab I was surprised that I found one here.

Not sure what a 'fish strip is' though...

Then it was time for an egg.

We then chose to sit down at one of the many tables and we had fish baked in sea salt (something worth trying whilst in Thailand).

Then you must have a herbed sausage whilst you are sitting here.

Then it was time for a pudding - we tried this Japanese ice-cream - certainly very different (not that I would have it again personally).

There are more that we did not try which I was surprised about - Japanese food and a lot of different stalls.

Then the strange bread and butter...

I suggest that you go hungry to the Weekend Market because it is a lot of fun trying all these different dishes. More about the Weekend Market will be written but older postings are below.

Previous posts

 1) An overview - March 2013

 2) Personal Aggression - October 2015

 3) Food - January 2013

 4) Clothes and Shoes - December 2013

 5) The Beatles and The Rolling Stones - July 2013

 6) Eating Bugs - January 2013

 7) Personal Beauty - December 2012

 8) Eating more Bugs - September 2013