Saturday, January 25, 2014
We continued South in the direction of Phitsanulok. Along the way we had the good fortune to pass by Si Satchanalai Historical Park which is one of the “Associated Historic Towns” of the UNESCO World Heritage site “Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns”. And the visit did not disappoint. We spent a few good hours wandering around the ruins and trying to imagine how life was here centuries ago.
Pithsanulok was ok. We went for a late afternoon walk and managed to squeeze in 2 temples and a rather nice sunset over the River Nan before finding food and the night markets. We did not have a great map of the town, and spent more time wandering around than we probably needed to, but it was good to explore.
One of the temples we visited was Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat or Wat Yai and it is famous in Thailand as it holds ” the most beautiful Buddha portrait in Thailand”. Very crowded place as it is a site that’s apparently on the tour buses full of french people’s route.
We enjoyed our time here and took quite some photos to remember it all by.
