Yesterday we visited Nokhon Pathom.
NP is about 50 km from Bangkok and a charming little place to visit for a day trip! We got the 9.20 am train from Hua Lamphong Station and the 1.5hr train journey cost us a whopping 14 baht (31p!) We had passed NP on our way to Khanchanburi in December and it looked like a great little place to visit , since we had the day off yesterday thanks to Chinese New Year, we decided to make the most if it and explore more of this amazing country!
As soon as we arrived in NP, we could see one of the main attractions - the gigantic Phra Pathom Chedi! It boasts the tallest stupa in the world and can be seen from miles around - it's pretty impressive! There were loads of festivities going on around the Chedi (I have images of Luke Skywalker in the Return of the Chedi! hehe) thanks to the year of the Rooster there was an amazing food market, clothes market and plant market!
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| Phra Pathom Chedi |
Next we headed to the second attraction in NP - Sanam Chan Palace - or at least tried to! We got horribly lost thanks to Goggle Maps and ended up having to get a motorbike taxi to take us there! Turns out we walked right past it! It does not have good signage! Anyhoo, we walked in and as I was inappropriately dressed (shorts and vest top in 34 degrees is very inappropriate!) I had to purchase a scarf to cover my exposed shoulders and wrap skirt to cover the legs. (*note to self - whenever travelling around be sure to take a pash with for this very reason!) My new look only set me back 130 baht (£2.93) and as a bonus saved my shoulders from sunburn and the skirt was a good bum cushion on the train ride back! After dressing up in my new robes we were allowed to enter and had a lovely walk around! The Royal Family used to stay at this palace when visiting the area, the grounds are beautiful and definitely worth a visit if you are ever in NP - the entrance fee for foreigners is 50 baht (£1.13) and there are guided tours every 30 min.
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| Sanam Chan Palace |
After the Palace we headed back to the train station and stopped at the food market to sample some delicious nibbles before we head back to Bangers! NP is a cute little town with lots of charm and I loved that we were the only foreigners walking around.
Next we headed to the second attraction in NP - Sanam Chan Palace - or at least tried to! We got horribly lost thanks to Goggle Maps and ended up having to get a motorbike taxi to take us there! Turns out we walked right past it! It does not have good signage! Anyhoo, we walked in and as I was inappropriately dressed (shorts and vest top in 34 degrees is very inappropriate!) I had to purchase a scarf to cover my exposed shoulders and wrap skirt to cover the legs. (*note to self - whenever travelling around be sure to take a pash with for this very reason!) My new look only set me back 130 baht (£2.93) and as a bonus saved my shoulders from sunburn and the skirt was a good bum cushion on the train ride back! After dressing up in my new robes we were allowed to enter and had a lovely walk around! The Royal Family used to stay at this palace when visiting the area, the grounds are beautiful and definitely worth a visit if you are ever in NP - the entrance fee for foreigners is 50 baht (£1.13) and there are guided tours every 30 min.
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