For this trip we hire a driver to take us around Saraburi and Ayutthaya. This is my second time seeing sunflower in this Bangkok trip. This time we went a bit far off the main road and the driver took us to a sunflower field at Wang Muang, Saraburi. Address is Rural Road 4016, Wang Muang Salaeng Phan 18220 Thailand . GPS Coordinate: 14.7507586,101.1183219. Farm entrance fee is 10 baht.
The sunflower is quite small compared to the one I visited two days ago. There's quite a big gap in between the rows as well. However this is perfect if you are travelling with kids and since the flower height is around waist, your photo frame will surely be filled with the sun flower. This place is definitely not accessible by public transport. Hence if you are taking minivan, refer to my visit to sunflower farm at Patthana Nikhom, Lopburi.
In front for the field there's stall selling farm products such as sunflower seed, honey, fruits, juice etc.
Be sure to buy the roasted honey coated sun flower seed. I have never tested a crisp and fresh sunflower seed as good as this. Then our driver took us to visit Dam Pasak Chonlasit. If you took the train trip to Saraburi, the train will stop inside sunflower field and Dam Pasak Chonlasit as well.
The dam is so big, there's wave. We stopped by for a while to enjoy the visit. We didnt take the tram to go around the dam, instead we took a short break. I cooked fried rice that morning out of fear if we can't find halal food at rural area.
I quite enjoy going through the rural road. You can see a lot of crops along the way. On our way back we passed by the same sunflower farm that I went to at Patthana Nikhom. Next we headed to Ayutthaya.
It was close to 4 PM and were so hungry. First thing is mind is lunch and halal food is mandatory. We stopped at a halal restaurant, approximate location is here. There are a lot of halal restaurant along this Uthong Road. When the food that we ordered arrived, we ate rampantly. Then our driver, Ismail, bought this kuih for this. It is almost similar to Malay's kuih ketayap. The fillings were sugar floss wrapped by crêpe. Along the Uthong road, they were selling colorful sugar floss.
It was close to 4 PM and were so hungry. First thing is mind is lunch and halal food is mandatory. We stopped at a halal restaurant, approximate location is here. There are a lot of halal restaurant along this Uthong Road. When the food that we ordered arrived, we ate rampantly. Then our driver, Ismail, bought this kuih for this. It is almost similar to Malay's kuih ketayap. The fillings were sugar floss wrapped by crêpe. Along the Uthong road, they were selling colorful sugar floss.
Before departing, we had to performed our prayers first. The shop owners are so kind to let us perform prayers at her house. The house layout is almost similar my grandparents village house at Alor Setar.
Once our stomach is full and our duty fulfilled, we were ready for our next destination. There are plenty of historical Wat during Ayutthaya kingdom. The famous one is Ayutthaya Historical Park. It is closed to sunset, we headed to Wat Chai Watthanaram which is located at the river bank of Chao Phraya. Entrance fee is free on that day.
The sunset is beautiful and as always I didn't bring my tripod when we almost need it. The site visit didn't take that long. 30 minute is enough to wander around and 1 hour if you take a lot of photo. Then we headed back to Bangkok and along the way we stopped by at a mosque for jama' Maghrib and Isya's prayer. The sunset is beautiful that night.
This is a sign for praying area for female. I sighed at the Jawi writing, which read perempuan in Malay which means female. Then we saw this little kids were queuing up in the line waiting for imam to start congregational Maghrib prayer. That is so sweet. It is quite a rare sighting in my local mussolla back at home which is filled my elder generations. I am so proud of these kids. Their parents teaches their children right.
Reaching Bangkok, we asked Ismail to dropped us at Darul Aman Mosque, Soi 7, Petchaburi Road for dinner. There are plenty of halal food at this area. I met my friend there and we had dinner at Phaya Thai restaurant. Then we hailed a cab back to The Plim Place at Phahon Yothin Road, Soi 26. The cab driver refused to use meter and it costs 300 baht. We were too lazy to hail for another one and just take it. It took around 40 minute to reach home due to bad traffic, so it is worth the fare that we were paying.
Travel date: 27th December 2016
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