Ayutthaya Ruins

We arrived safely in Ayutthaya. It was a bit early (4:30 am), but we made our way to the guest house and I'm afraid we roused the keeper from her sleep. She had marked am in her book, but thought we were coming in the afternoon.

After some additional sleep we headed off to find bicycles. We spent the rest of the morning biking through Ayutthaya and marvelling at the ruins. We stopped in the ancient city historical site to take a closer look.
These are ruins from about 600 years ago before they moved the capital to Bangkok. The three points (chedis) are among the most photographed in Ayutthaya.

It was hot, but in the shade it was okay. There weren't too many tourists around, but we do find it funny to see westerners again. We haven't seen too many in the last month.

We headed back to the guest house for another nap (we really didn't get much sleep on the train last night). The guest house is quiet and comfortable and the owner is very helpful. So are the other guests. In fact we met a retired professor from Vancouver and he pointed us to a children's theatre festival that is on tonight. So that's where we are off to this evening.

The only thing that we don't like so much about the guest house is that it doesn't have Internet. But here we are enjoying a cup of tea at a cafe with wireless access, so that's not so bad either!

CM