Daily Archives: July 11, 2006

Making Pottery on Koh Kret

On our ThailandQA.com forums and in the Thai Chat Box we often receive questions from people who want to use Bangkok as a base to explore the surrounding area. Every time we have to answer with the same answers, so I thought it was about time I started to construct a list of “Excursions from Bangkok”. These are all trips I have taken over the last year or so and have written about for Thai Travel Blogs.

The following provinces are easy day trips from Bangkok. I haven’t included places such as Pattaya and Kanchanaburi which are best to do as overnight trips. Ayutthaya is a good day trip but I haven’t been back there since I started doing the travel blogs. Also, the floating market at Damnoen Saduak. My home province is Samut Prakan and I have written many blogs which you can do as day trips from Bangkok. I will do a summary later. In the meantime, here is what I have done so far:

Chachoengsao

• A Trip to Chachoengsao
• Dolphin Watching in Bang Pakong River
• The Bat Temple
• A Surreal Temple

Nonthaburi

• A Trip to Koh Kret

Samut Sakhon

• A Ride on the Maeklong Railway
• Fish Market at Samut Sakhon

Samut Songkhram

• Market on the Railway Tracks
• Fair at King Rama II Park
• Amphawa Floating Market
• A Trip on the Maeklong River

Suphan Buri

• Wat Pai Rong Rua

Chonburi

• Bangsaen Beach
• Khao Khiao Open Zoo
• Buddhist Hell Temple 
• A Trip to Si Chang Island

I will be writing about more day trips from Bangkok over the coming months.

For more ideas for day trips from Bangkok and Bangkok Excursions, please visit our new website at www.Bangkok-DayTrips.com