 By
Car
1. From Bangkok, take Highway No. 32, passing Phra
Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Ang Thong, Sing Buri, and Chainat, then turn left
at Tha Nam Oi at Km.206. From there, cross the bridge spanning the Chao
Phraya River and turn left onto Road No. 333 for 16 km. The total
distance is around 222 kilometres.
2. From Bangkok, take Highway No. 32 pass Phra Nakhon Si
Ayutthaya, then turn left across the bridge to Ang Thong. Go through
Sing Buri, Amphoe Sapphraya, Chao Phraya Dam, Amphoe Wat Sing, Wat Tha
Sung, and into Uthai Thani Market. The total distance is about 283
kilometres.
3. From Bangkok, take Road No. 340 past Suphan Buri, turn
left onto Road No. 357, then right onto No. 322 past Amphoe Don Chedi.
From there, turn right onto Road No. 3264 to Ban Sa Krachom. Then turn
right onto Road No. 333 to Ban Rai intersection and another right to
Amphoe Muang. The total distance is about 302 kilometres.
By Bus
There are daily regular and air-conditioned Bangkok – Uthai Thani buses
during 05.00-16.00 hrs. For more information, please contact the
Northern Bus Terminal (Mo Chit), Tel: 0 2936 2852-66, and Uthai Thani
Bus Terminal, tel 0 5651 1914 or visit
www.transport.co.th
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 Tak
Bat Devo at Wat Sangkat Ratana Khiri
is an important festival at the end of the Buddhist lent, Uthai Thani.
Tak Bat Devo means to fell the bowls of the goods and in this festival
held a day after Ok Phansa (Buddhist Rains Retrest) about October each
year, monk descend from a hilltop temple to receive offerings from local
people, as the Buddha himself is believed to have done after preaching
to his mother in heaven. |
