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Wihan Phraphutthasaiyat
Wihan Phraphutthasaiyat
Wat Phra Chao Phanan-choeng, a large seated Buddha image constructed of brick and mortar, has been well known for a long time. King Naresuen the Great repaired it once, and the other kings of Ayutthaya must have kept it in good repair too, though no mention was made of that in the chronicles. From the chronicles we can only learn that when Ayutthaya was taken by the Burmese tears flowed from the eyes of this image.

Kai Bae Beach
Kai Bae Beach
The Chedi of Queen Suriyothai is a monument to a heroine of the Ayutthaya period. Queen Suriyothai was a wife of King Chakrapat ascended to the throne when he was 36 years old.
Just seven months after his coronation, in 1548, King Tabengshweti of Burma attacked to take over the Siamese city of Chiang Kraan during King Chainarachathirajs reign had failed.
In the first battle, which was intended to test the strength of the Burmese army, King Chakrapat led the army himself, followed by his sons, Prince Ramesuan and Prince Mahintarathiraj. Worried about her husband, Queen Suriythai secretly dressed as a soldier and rode out to battle on an elephant with the rest of the army. When the Ayutthaya army clashed with the Burmese army from Hongsawadee, led by general Brae, King Chakrapat immediately rode towards General Brae to engage him in battle. However, King Chakrapats elephant stumbled, giving General Brae the advantage. Just as General Brae raised his halberd to stab King Chakrapat, Queen Suriyothai, who was watching from nearby, suddenly decided to intervene to try to save the king. Her elephant also lost its balance and she was fatally stabbed by General Braes halberd.

Kai Bae Beach
Kai Bae Beach
Thailand without any exaggeration we can easily named a natural paradise. Despite a wide range of flora and fauna national parks has started to be established relatively in recent time. Today we can reckon them about 79. Total surface of parks takes up about 13% of Thai surface.
If you set out to the east seacoast, you should not leave out nor Ko Samet nor Ko Chang. Marine National Park Ko Samet includes seacoast region which is 12 km wide and group of islands, the biggest and the most famous of them is Ko Samet. Wide dry land Mae Rampheung has a beautiful view of the sea. The park is situated in the province Rayong, which is about 200 km south-eastern from Bangkok. From Pattaya are made daily scheduled trips.

Kho Samet
Kho Samet
Ko Chang was awarded Marine National Park together with 46 smaller neighbouring islands in 1982 in effort to preserve the exceptional land and marine environment. Ko Chang is the second biggest island in Thailand and is form up with rarely inhabited land, covered in rain forest that has been largely undisturbed due to the mountains terrain of the island, waterfalls and rivers. You have quite a wide range of things to do here. Diving, snorkelling, water skiing, kayaking, surfing, swimming, the mountains jungle interior of the island offers some challenging and enjoyable walking, elephant trekking and there are also some villages that are worth a visit. Additionally you can learn how to make authentic Thai food if you take Thai cookery classes you can relax with traditional Thai massage, enjoy spa treatments and finally do some shopping.
Klong Son is the first village reached on the drive to the beaches from the ferry arrival points. Parts of the village are built over the sea in an attractive bay.
Bang Bao is a marvellous photogenic village built out into the bay on stilts. There are several small restaurants noted for their excellent fresh seafood and there are several guest houses and rooms for rent available.

Pattaya Tower view
Pattaya Tower view
Pattaya
The biggest seaside resort of Asia is about 2 hours drive from Bangkok to the south. Who hopes that finds original secluded fishing village which was discovered and changed to their spa by American army in 1959 will be disappointed. On Pattaya sand beach that measures nearly about 3 km is being bustling with activity all over the year. Behind the coast promenade there are many hotels, bungalows, shops and restaurants. Pattaya offers also eventful night life programme. Entertaining industry has got here all signs of city night life. Only on the northern part you may find some calm places to relax. Beach Jomtien is situated about 4 km to the south from the town and now is in booming. Here you can practice water sports as windsurfing, water skiing, parasailing, etc.

A piece of history it is possible to enjoy on the top of Pattaya hill where the Gold Buddha is.

Pattaya
Pattaya
Pattaya
Pattaya
Pattaya
Pattaya
Pattaya Buddha view
Pattaya Buddha view


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