If you visit Thailand and you didn’t go to Ayutthaya, that means you have not been to Thailand yet. That’s because the province is one of Thailand’s historical and majestic highlights. Ayutthaya was Thailand’s capital city for 417 years from 1350 to 1767. During that time, Ayutthaya was one of the biggest city in Southeast Asia and it was claimed by the visitors to be the most memorable and splendid city at that time.

Back then the Kingdom was extended far beyond the present-day Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar. It had diplomatic relations with Louis XIV and was courted by Portuguese, English, Dutch, Chinese and Japanese merchants.

Ayutthaya is situated only about 90 kilometers from Bangkok or about an hour ride. You cannot miss Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Historical Park, the extensive historical site in the city. It has been one of UNESCO’s World Heritage since 1991.

What you can see in Ayutthaya is a bunch of ruins architecture and rows of headless Buddha images. You will see the mixture of art from surrounding countries. You might see the same architectures that are similar in some parts throughout Southeast Asia, for example, in Cambodia.

The city is definitely worth visiting. There are lots of activities you and your family can enjoy doing in the city such as boat trips, Bangkok-Ayutthaya River Cruise, Cycle Tours in the Ancient City of Ayutthaya, Elephant riding, etc.

It you have time, I really recommend you to try the River King Cruise or Bangkok-Ayutthaya River Cruise. It will be one of the great experiences that you will never forget. On the way, you will witness the sensational view of the Chaopraya River including the beautiful temples, Grand Palace, bridges, Summer Palace and many more along the way from Bangkok to Ayutthaya with International Buffet Lunch and Coffee Break.

You can look for the cruise in your hotel information in Bangkok or visit the website at www.riverkingcruise.net. Hope you will enjoy!

Only 4-5 hours to the North from Bangkok, Phitsanulok divide Thailand’s Central and Northern regions. It is a great stopover place once you’re travelling to the North and it also has its own tourist attractions that everyone would love to visit.

Also known as Song Kwae City (Song means two and Kwae means river), the city has two important rivers run through. The place is full of natural treasures like mountains, rivers or even waterfalls that make this place more worthwhile.

Apart from the natural attractions like national parks, Phitsanulok is also very well known of its noble history and culture from historical evidences like stones, ancient tools, old temples etc. It is the birthplace of King Narasuan the Great, the legendary King who declared Ayutthaya independence from Myanmar in 1584. You can check out the greatest movies made about him in Asian movies section.

What else can you do in Phitsanulok apart from visiting all those places in the city? I recommend you try trekking. The province is very popular for camping and trekking destination because it consists of several national parks that feature different landscape and flora and fauna. This will definitely impress all the nature lovers just like you. And if you’re interested, you might need to hurry because this is the best time to see all the wildflowers blooming in many beautiful colors in Thung Salaeng Loung National Park.

You can also try rafting. You don’t get to try this a lot elsewhere you know that. It’s getting to raining season in Thailand and the water is getting swifter. This will be a very big challenge for the newbie.

So if this caught in your eyes, you can find out more about it like how to get there and stuff at www.tourismthailand.org. You won’t regret of going there!

It’s August and there are a lot of things you can do in Thailand during this great month. Here is another good activity you and your friends or family can join while visiting Thailand this month.

The event is called “Artistic Work Event Program on the theme of “Visit Lanna”". The activity starts on August 14 to August 24, only 10 days so you better be hurry if you want to go see the beautiful culture of the North of Thailand with your own eyes.

The Venue is at Royal Chiang Mai Agricultural Research Center (World Horicultural Plants) in Mae Hia, Muang ChiangMai District and of course in the most famous province from the North, Chiang Mai.

The opening event is on the first day, August 14 at 18.00-19.00. The activities on Rajapreuk Square start at 16.00. Now let’s see what are the activities and shows in this event.

Kaad Mua Khrua Hom is a presentation of the market of Lanna people, by the way, Lanna people are the people from the Lanna Culture which is the Culture of the North of Thailand. Anyway the market presented here is local and traditional.

Stage for Major Shows: The shows are featuring local traditions and culture of Lanna. The shows are 4-region cultural shows and contemporary plays, such as, Jumping Bird Show, King-ka-ra Bird Dance and Khru Ka-Wai Sword Dance.

The Works of Art Road or also known as Chiang Mai Pedestrian Road is another great place to visit on which the activities assemble all works of art for presenting and selling and displaying to anyone to see like Lanna music performance, real-life paintings, works of art by students, artistic inventions from really skillful artists and craftsmen.

There are a lot more you can see in this event. So don’t forget if you are already planning to go to Chiang Mai this month. And if you still don’t have any clue where to go, THIS might be another good choice of yours. And you will find lots of local handicrafts for your friends and family back home.

If you need more information, please go to www.tourismthailand.org

Welcome to MuayThaiArt.com/weblog! For those of you who love and crazy about the beaches, the seas and luxurious hotels in the nature, today’s article about Thailand is all about Krabi. Another great province in the South of Thailand is such a perfect place to go and enjoy the nature just like the most famous Phuket.

Here are the places you can’t miss when you get a chance to visit the province:
First, Hot Spring Spa in Klong Tom district. Go have a spring water bath in about 50 degree C hot tub. Then the Orchid Garden where displays many types of tropical trees and orchid at the Career Supporting and Development Institute in Krabi (Free Entrance). Fish Hatchery Center is called Nemo Center in which cultivate and breed a great number of fish.

Picture from Krabi.go.th

Like other tourist places, but even better, in Krabi there are so many beautiful beaches and islands in Andaman Sea. You might have heard some of the places in Andaman Sea like PP from other people or even from some movies, because the beautiful white sandy beach at PP does attract every single tourist whoever has visited.

Great thing of traveling in Thailand is the locals are so friendly and always welcome the outsiders. “Krabi is the best place to travel with a warm hospitality of people here”. That assures you how the smiles of the people from Krabi will make you happy.

For any other information on Krabi, please visit Krabi.go.th. There you will find a lot more interesting info for traveling to and inside Krabi.

There are so many beautiful sea sight places in Thailand. Of course we will introduce them to you later on. So if you want to know more about Thailand and some new places to visit, don’t forget to log on to our blog right here. If you have any questions about travelling to Thailand, you can leave your questions here and if we know we will answer right away but if we don’t, we will help you find out the answers as soon as possible.

Hello! Are you ready to pack your stuff and fly all the way to Thailand to enjoy to crystal white sandy beaches and the warm sea water? This is a good time to do so. And you all might have heard of Phuket, one of our cool provinces that have more numbers of foreigners than the local Thai’s.

This month in Phuket, during July 18-20,2008, is a perfect time for another surfing contest. On Kalim beach, Phuket, the 4th Annual Kalim Surfing Contest 2008 will be held (subject to suitable and weather conditions).

And if you a surfer, don’t miss to join the competition. Here’s the details.
- Open Division: Maximum of 64 competitors in 16 first-round heats. Competitors must use a shortboard shape (no longer than 7 feet long). The Open Division heats will span all 3 days of the contest.
- Grom (youth) Division: Maximum of 16 competitors win 14 first-round heats. Competitors must be 14 years of age or younger and may use any kind of surfboard (short or long). The Grom Division heats will be held for only last 2 days, on Saturday and Sunday.
- Longboard Division: Maximum of 24 competitors in 6 first-round heats. Competitors must use surfboard long 8 feet or longer than 8 feet with a longboard shape. The Longboard Division will span all 3 days of the contest.

Poster from www.phuketboardriders.com

Note: the contest and heat times set are subject to change by the organizers in order to take advantage of prevailing weather, surf, and tide conditions.

For more info about the contest, please go to www.phuketboardriders.com

Phuket is a really nice place to visit and there are many Muay Thai camps there you can check out. And this surfing is another cool activity you can join or stop by to view. If you never watch surfing before, add a little something new and excitement to your life. I hope you enjoy it.