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Northern Thailand Adventure

Mountains, Rivers and Temples

6th to 27th November 2012

17 (22.11.12) Sangkhlaburi
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At 7.30am walked to the Mon Bridge - the longest wooden bridge in Thailand of 1.5km. We had Mon porridge for breakfast beside the bridge. We walked to Wangwiwekaram Temple and to the gold-topped chedi, Luang Phaw Utama.

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On our way back we witness a cock fighting at Soi 8. We then walked to town to take the songthaew to visit the 3 Pagoda Pass at the border with Burma. We had lunch at a stall and then took the same songthaew back to town. Lee Kam Boon and I went for a swim. Had dinner in the guesthouse.

Sleeping: P.Guesthouse and Country Resort at B950 a/c room for 2pax (add bed is B300)

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window shopping at the Mon village - on the road to the wat you'll pass a small market selling goods mainly for the local residents -- though keep an eye out for some Burmese products.

The wat is around 2km from the centre of town if you go via the wooden bridge. By the wooden bridge, follow the road after the bridge until you reach a T junction. At the T-junction - turn right is the Wiweakaram Temple, turn left is the gold-topped chedi Puttakaya Pagoda. From the centre of town a motorbike taxi should cost about 20B to 30B.

The Three Pagodas pass lies at an altitude of 1,400m (4,480ft) and owes its name to the three little white chedis erected here in the 18th century. Three Pagodas Pass has been the main route by land between Thailand and Myanmar (Burma) since ancient times, which is located 22 kilometers from Sankuraburi town in a border area of the two countries.?

There are three pagodas and that's why the area called "Three Pagodas Pass". It is believed that Buddhist teachings, Theravada Buddhism, came from India through this pass in the 3rd century.

During the Ayutthaya period of Thailand, from the 14th to 18th centuries, the pass was the main route for the Burmese and Siam to attack each other. During World War II, Japan built the Death Railway (Thai-Burma Railway) through the pass to invade Burma at the sacrifices of lives of great number of people.

Day 18 (23.11.12) Sangkhlaburi ? Ayutthaya (367km)

Today?s travel is getting to Ayutthaya.
1st: 8.30am by tuktuk from guesthouse to Sangkhlaburi van station.
2nd: 9.00am by van from Sangkhlaburi to Kangchanaburi bus station arrived at 12.30pm.
3rd: 1.00pm by very old local 60 seater bus from Kangchanaburi to Suphanburi arrived at 3pm and had lunch at bus station.
4th: 3.30pm by van from Suphanburi to Ayutthaya arrived at 4.30pm.

We then walked to PU Guesthouse. At 6.00pm we walked to MK Restaurant nearby to have steamboat for dinner and later walked to explore the market and to the boat jetty which is near to the railway station across the river.

Day

Expenses

?THB total

? per pax

17	Mon porridge @? Mon's wooden bridge	210	42
	Water?	7	1
	Sawngtheaw to 3 Pagodas Pass?	150	30
	Lunch at 3 Pagodas Pass	280	56
	Sawngtheaw back to sangkhlaburi	150	30
	Water?	30	6
	fruits	260	52
	Dinner at P Guesthouse	930	186

18	tuktuk from P guesthouse to van station	100	20
	van Sangkhlaburi to Kanchanaburi B175 X 5	875	175
	breakfast	130	26
	bus Kanchanaburi to Suphanburi B50 X 5	250	50
	Noodle lunch at Suphanburi bus station	145	29
	van Suphanburi to Ayutthaya B80 X 5	400	80
	PU Inn for 2 nights [(700 X 1)+(800 X 1)] X 2	3,000	600
	Steamboat dinner at MK restaurant	1,000	200
	Ochien - hawker stall	75	15
	water	120	24

Source: http://chingnengbin.blogspot.com/2013/01/2012-backpacking-to-northern-thailand_14.html

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