“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood...” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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| (Sukhothai Historical Park) |
Day 06: 23 April 2025 (Wednesday)
Route: Tak - Phitsanulok
Distance: 200 km
Hotel: Rattana Park Hotel
Breakfast with toast, fried eggs and salad in the hotel dining room. This morning we planned to visit a few attractions in Tak.
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| (Well decorated Be Rich Hotel) |
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| (We were early for breakfast) |
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| (Simple healthy breakfast) |
After breakfast, we visited two mosques located in the centre of Tak town. We have been to these mosques during our previous rides with the bikers gang.
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| (Masjid Al-Fatah, Tak) |
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| (Masjid Darul Salam, Tak) |
Our next destination was the suspension bridge of Tak. This bridge is also known as the 200-year Rattanakosin Suspension Bridge, which is considered one of the most beautiful river viewpoints in the province especially with beautiful lighting at night. It is 450 m long and crosses the Tak River. The bridge was constructed in 1982 to commemorate the 200 year anniversary of the founding of a new royal capital in the Rattanakosin area of Bangkok.
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| (An old signage of the historical attractions) |
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| (The shrine at the centre of the park) |
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| (A wild black horse) |
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| (Another horse statue) |
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| (A small museum in the park) |
We checked out of the hotel by 11.00 am. Stopped at Kopi Malay Cafè for an early lunch of nasi lemak and roti pisang before we drove on the Route 12 towards Phitsanulok.
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| (An early lunch at Kopi Malay Cafè) |
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| (Tak Route 1 t-shirts and stickers souvenirs) |
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| (With Safarwan, the young Malay owner) |
About 795 kilometres of the 1,530-km-long Route 12 highway lies in Thailand. The Thai section of the highway begins at the Second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge in Mae Sot to Mukdahan, where it connects to Laos at the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge. Our trip this time started from Tak and will end in Mukdahan. We will stop at a few towns in between.
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| (A Police road block on the Highway 1) |
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| (The start of Route 12 in Tak) |
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| (Clear traffic, we are all alone) |
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| (An old city, half-way to Phitsanulok) |
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| (Route 12 road to Sukhothai) |
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| (Leaving the city of Sukhothai) |
From Sukhothai we drove another 70 km to Phitsanulok. Phitsanulok is the 10th largest city in Thailand, founded in the 13th century. It also represents one of the oldest cities in Thailand.
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| (Driving on Route 12 to Phitsanulok) |
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| (A prominant landmark of Phitsanulok) |
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| (City of shrines and chedi) |
Arrived in Phitsanulok around 3.30 pm and drove to Masjid Pakistan to perform our jamak prayers. Met with a local who assisted to show us the smaller prayer hall on the ground floor for us to use.
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| (Pakistan Mosque of Phitsanulok) |
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| (The main prayer hall on the upper floor) |
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| (A newly appointed Imam?) |
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| (Met an 80-yr old local man in the mosque) |
We checked-in Rattana Park Hotel at Rm78/night. The hotel compound was a little dusty because of the on-going construction works.
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| (No complementary breakfast for us) |
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| (Our lodging for the night) |
After a short rest we drove around to look for dinner. The only halal eatery that was still open was located near the Pakistan Mosque. We had nasi kuning daging kambing for dinner. The eatery is owned by an elderly couple from Pattani. We used to eat here during our previous visits and they still recognised us.
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| (A late dinner a Pattani restaurant) |
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| (Nasi kuning daging kambing) |
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