Good morning from Hua Lamphong Station. At this time I’m on the Kiha-183 tour prepare to Ayutthaya. It is a refurbished Japanese prepare that’s utilized by the State Railway of Thailand as a vacationer prepare doing excursions to completely different locations each weekend. I will likely be doing most of those journeys as a part of my “Rail Tourism” undertaking to advertise eco-friendly and sustainable journey.
DATE OF TRAVEL: twenty fifth March 2023
[2] To purchase tickets for the KiHa-183 tour prepare, go to the D-Ticket web site dticket.railway.co.th/DTicketPublicW… and click on on ‘Exploring Thailand by Practice’. There’s a special vacation spot each week. Name 1690 for extra data.
[3] Our journey right this moment is to Ayutthaya. The ticket price is 1,499 Baht and consists of breakfast, lunch, bus and boat excursions, and souvenirs. The worth of different excursions may differ. Generally cheaper typically costlier.
[4] The prepare arrived at Ayutthaya Railway Station at 9:50am which is the place we switched to buses for the primary a part of the tour. That is what makes these journeys worthwhile as they embrace each the prepare and native transport on the vacation spot.
[5] Our first cease was at Chao Sam Phraya Nationwide Museum. The admission worth is included within the tour worth. The spotlight is the brand new Gold Treasure Exhibition that accommodates greater than 2,000 gold artefacts discovered within the crypts at Wat Ratchaburana and Wat Mahathat.
[6] We had a buffet lunch at a neighborhood resort which was included within the tour worth. We then went again on the bus to go a brief distance to a pier the place we boarded a transformed rice barge for a tour alongside the river.
[7] I like doing boat journeys. These are at all times a spotlight of any journey that I do. If you happen to come right here by your self it’s potential to hire a small boat for round 700 Baht. The outdated metropolis of Ayutthaya is constructed on an island and taking a ship experience is an effective approach to see among the sights.
[8] Our subsequent cease was at Kong Khong Market in Bang Pa-In district. I’ve been right here a number of instances and I do prefer it. However actually it’s solely attention-grabbing if you’re hungry. And I used to be nonetheless full from lunch.
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[9] The ultimate cease, and the spotlight for me, was the royal ready room at Bang Pa-In Railway Station. This was formally opened on twenty sixth March 1896 by King Rama V. It’s not usually open to the general public and we had been fortunate to have the ability to go inside.
[10] This concludes the day journey to Ayutthaya onboard the KiHa-183 prepare. I hope you loved my pictures and I’ve impressed you to do that prepare on a future journey. There are actually excursions each weekend.
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