PINOYROAMANTICS: Thailand: Serene Sukothai

Our trip to Sukhothai is special to Glenn and me. As I have mentioned on our first entry, this is where I realized that he is the one for me. Nothing extraordinary happened when that moment came. We were at the historical park, taking advantage of the shade while staring at one of the ruins. Under the sweltering heat of the midday sun, we talked about history and geology --- when it dawned on me that he is the only one that knows and understands me completely. That we can talk about anything for hours and still have something left to say till the next conversation. And in that moment I knew, that this is the guy I would like to spend the rest of my life with.

And to think that we almost didn’t pushed through with the trip. Because when we arrived at Mochit Bus Station, the bus bound for Old Sukhothai was already fully booked. The only available trip was to New Sukhothai, which were several kilometres away from the historical park. We were at a lost on what to do, so Glenn took charge and purchased our bus tickets to New Sukhothai for 329 Baht. He then called the owner of the guesthouse that we will be staying to arrange for someone to pick us up at the bus station in New Sukhothai.

After 8 hours of travel, we arrived to a deserted bus station at 6am. The owner of Mountain View Guesthouse, named Meao, was already there. It was a 15 minute drive to the guesthouse which offers a fan room for 450 Baht. After taking advantage of their complimentary breakfast, we took a nap to prepare ourselves for the historical park tour.

New Sukhothai Bus Station

Meao drove us to Ramkhamaeng National Museum and made arrangements with the tuktuk driver. We paid 500 Baht for the whole tour, excluding the entrance fees for the temple sites. There is a fee of 100 Baht for visiting Wat Chang Lam, Wat Phra Phai Luang, Wat Sri Chum and Wat Chetupon. We didn’t enter the grounds of Wat Sa Si since it had a separate entrance fee. Plus the scorching heat of the sun and our hunger won over the thought of exploring another Wat.