C歌曼舞-泰新奇 2006 Bangkok Day 4

Englsih session below

旅途中最痛苦處，就是有時不得不早起。為搭火車到大城(Ayutthaya阿尤塔雅)－世界遺產，又是個需早起的一天。7-11的熱狗餐是我們的早餐，再加上藍綠藻優酪乳(自己帶了藍綠藻來加)營養滿點。買完火車票上車後才發現，票上居然沒有寫位子，那代表的就是"站票"。一個半小時車程，說長不長、說短不短，發揮有位就坐的精神，我們也隨便找位子坐。怪的是怎麼上車也不用剪票，不曉得過了幾站後，才看到車長拿著剪票夾卡嚓卡嚓一路剪來，看了看我們兩個，用英文問一下要去哪兒，回說Ayutthaya，車長便在車票上寫了兩個數字51-76，叫我們走到前頭另找位子。就努力地找51車廂的76號，東看西找就是沒有這個車廂，副車長看到這兩個像迷路的孩子在逛大街，實在看不下去把票一把抓去，回說在51號到76間的位子隨便坐，這下總算搞清楚怎麼回事。原來51和76是座位號碼。經過這次經驗，我和小民猜測劃位系統可能做的不好，無法有效地控制短程旅客的座位，乾脆劃一區，讓短程旅客自行在這裡頭找座位。(IT人員的通病吧，總是想搞清楚怎麼回事)


抵達大城後，根據前輩及旅遊書指示，利用腳踏車做為大城一日遊的工具。搭渡輪過河後，再找腳踏車店租借車子。都快走到第一個遺跡仍任何的腳踏車店，看到路邊有兩台看來是租來的腳踏車，車籃裡還放著Lonely Planet，發揮路在嘴上的功力，問一下腳踏車主人是在哪裡租的車子。稍微折回去租車再繼續今天的旅程。(還好有租單車，不然可能會看到兩個烤焦的台灣人)


既然是遺跡，自然沒有曼谷看到的皇宮和寺廟那麼完整，但可以想見當時的壯麗，眾人膜拜情況。五月是泰國旅行的淡季不是沒有道理的，站在路旁沒兩分鐘就已汗如雨下，買瓶橘子汁降降溫似乎是消暑好方法。大城地處偏遠，物價也較曼谷便宜，小瓶橘子汁10B，烤香蕉一大包才20B。騎著單車有時風迎面吹來，比11路公車涼快許多。遺跡一般進入都要20-30B不等的入門票，先到Wat Ratburana，再騎到對過的Wat Mahathat，其中還有兩個日本人不識相的攀爬遺跡，被管理人員警告，我們還把他們不良行徑照了下來，供各位做警惕－告示牌標明不可攀爬遺跡、或將頭放在斷頭佛像上方(褻瀆神明)。午餐隨便在Wat Mahathat旁小吃店點兩份Phad Thai，稍事休息後騎往Wat Phra Si Saphet。途中看到不少旅行團坐在大象上拍照，在單車上拍拍大象和遊客對我們而言很滿足了，若是坐到一半大象吃東西就算了，等一下來個小解或大解的就挺尷尬的。Wat Phra Si Saphet內就是舊皇宮，很難去區分，我們進去後出來往前騎去找舊皇宮，但怎麼找都找不著，回頭問在Wat Phra Si Saphet門口的Tourist Information Centre才知，原來已看過舊皇宮居然不自知，真是有點兒丟人！


騎往過Khlong Sa Bua河的Wat Na Phra Meru，由於兩人已精疲力盡，再加上寺廟看多了，不是很想買門票進入，這裡特色是有個Principle Budda image。雖然沒有進入廟內看佛像，卻看到一群小沙彌下課排隊喝飲料。騎踏車租半日雖離還車還有段時間，但酷熱天氣下實在無法再進行古蹟行，騎回單車行還車後，麥當勞吹吹冷氣消消暑，點台灣新加坡不同的餐點，High Tea Time。打道回曼谷囉！


回到Khao Shan Raod做個按摩再以小吃為今日晚餐的重點，綜合水果補充維生素、配點奶油?拌玉米粒、金黃洋蔥豚塊、香味四溢夾蛋香蕉拉餅淋上濃郁煉奶、最後以起司埃及豆粉煎餅(Cheese Falafel)做為今日完美Ending。


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• C歌曼舞-泰新奇 2006 Bangkok Day 2
• C歌曼舞-泰新奇 2006 Bangkok Day 3
• C歌曼舞-泰新奇 2006 Bangkok Day 5
• C歌曼舞-泰新奇 2006 Bangkok Day 6 & Day 7
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The most unlikely thing to do during the trip is waking up early to Ayutthaya, we need to overcome the sleepy. Our tickets are standing tickets, 1.5 hours trip not too long but not as short as you think, we only can sit on the seat seems to be vacant. The most strange thing is no ticket controller check our tickets before we enter the train, after the train left the station train conductor make Ka-Cha sound by his puncher, finds passengers like us hold the tickets haven’t been punched. We looks like two lost kids and keep pointing the tickets said Ayutthaya, he checked our tickets and wrote down “51-76”, points the truck rear ask us to find the seats. First we think it should be truck 51 seats 76, but we couldn’t find the truck number 51. Finally another conductor found us searching the seats and explains it means we can sit from seat 51 to 76. We suggested their IT system maybe not so good, it couldn’t control short term trip passengers seats, for avoiding trouble, just circle an area for short term. (No wonder we work in IT industry, always try to figure out what happening.)

We use bicycles as transportation in Ayutthaya according to other travelers’ experience, after we cross river by ferry. In the first we couldn’t find any bicycle rental store, luckily we found 2 bicycles had lonely planet in front of the basket and ask the rider where they rent the bike. You can rent the bike near Guest House and bargain for cheaper price if not renting whole day.

You can imagine how spectacular when back to the Ayutthaya age, people come to search peace, prosperity in this city. May is the low season traveling to Thailand; it is too hot you only need stand for 2 minutes you get sweat. It is a good way to get rid of the hot by drinking a bottle of orange juice; you can buy here cheaper than Bangkok, 10B for small bottle, even the baking banana only need 2B for a pack. Most Wats need admission to get in, about 20-30B. We ride to Wat Ratburana then cross street to Wat Mahathat, encounter 2 Japanese climbing the heritage and took photo as evidence; please don’t climb the heritage or put your head on the Buddha if you have chance to visit the temple. We had our lunch in the stall near Wat Mahathat, 2 Phad Thai. On the way to Wat Phra Si Saphet we saw tourist rode on elephants and took picture, this is enough for us, we don’t need to be on the elephant, incase if they stop and pea, it will be an embarrassing situation. We didn’t know old grand palace is inside of Wat Phra Si Saphet, after we came out asking the tourist information centre, kind of embarrassment at least we’ve been there.

The last Wat we visit is Wat Na Phra Meru over river Khlong Sa Bua, we didn’t buy admission to get in after all we are exhausted. There is a Principle Budda image in the Wat, although we didn’t get inside we met some little monks queue to get drink after class. We rode to return the bikes and had a light meal in McDonalds, it is nothing good after a whole sweating day and had a cold drinks. Back to Bangkok.

Dinner is Khao Shan Road street food. Mixed fruits, creaming corn, golden onion fried pork, banana Prata with egg, and Cheese Falafel as our today’s ending.