Krungsri River Hotel Ayuthaya Ayutthaya

... was convinced he didn't know where he was going, pulled over, and flagged down ANOTHER taxi for me, which finally brought me home. So in the end, I got home much later that possibly I would have, had I agreed to some overpriced rate... but I got the guy to use the meter... So who wins in the end? Probably not me... that's what I get when I am stubborn and try to make the Bangkok taxi drivers (who have ALL been an adventure, without exception) play fair...<br>

... still considered full time because i have to be at school from 7:30 to 4pm. but that gives me lots of time during the day to prep and prepare lessons and hopefully do not have to do work outside of school hours.... yeah travel! I make 30,000 baht plus 3,000 baht for accomodation a month which is like 940 dollars. <br><br>It was a get to know Teacher Ashley day, and so I showed them pictures of me on my computer which i hooked up to a projector and ...

... Buddha head trapped serenely inside a ancient gnarly tree, it makes a good photo, next down the road is Wat Ratburana which has a beautiful big tower which is decorated with weird looking statues, it is possible to climb up into the Tower which has rooms with steps going down into a crypt, not for the claustafobic !<br><br>If i was to do it again i would give Wat Phra Sanphet and Viharn Phra Mongkol Bopit a miss, if they were in town all by themselfs they would be ...

... place had so much food that I was completely stuffed before I was able to finish everything that they had to offer. They had like 20 different ways you could have desert. Different types of noodles, curries, taco looking things, it was intense and so good. The atmosphere around the place was beautiful as well. Outside on their deck was a stream filled with fish and beautiful flowers like jasmine that was hanging all over the place.<br> After lunch we went to our first ruin ...

... blood in the form of jell-o.. Not so yummy. Since we have an hour for lunch, the rest is spent at tables outside to just hang out before period 6 or practice Thai dancing or boxing. You always wai the teachers when you see them. A wai is when you bring your hands together like a prayer and bow your head to your hands, to show respect. The school itself is about as different from an American school as you can think. It's hard to explain.. everything is organized differently, and ...

... It's almost like they all take care of me. They giggle when I do something wrong and then try to teach me Thai. It's really cute when they try and speak English to me with their accents. The boys are very funny. I was introducing myself and everyone was telling me their names when one boy introduced himself exuberantly and grabbed my hand to shake it; the whole class erupted into laughter. This one girl June even bought me ice cream yesterday at lunch ...

... way) I have encouraged you to take part in your own amazing race someday. <br><br>Life is too short and too complicated for excuses and regrets. I have seen the world, and it is filled with both small and big obstacles. Thank you for listening. Thanks, too, to all those people who have played their own small roles in this adventure. I hope that in our common experiences, I have been able to touch upon the unexpectedly familiar, through which travel seeks to illuminate life.

... 5pm. We never knew there were so many temples of old and new in the city. We visited 10 temples that day. Namely: 1) Wat Phanan Choeng, 2) Wat Yai Chai Mongkhol, 3) Wat Si Sanphet, 4) Wat Mahathat, 5) Wat Ratburana, 6) Wat Lokaya Sutha, 7) Wat Naphrameru, 8) Wat Phutthaisawan, 9) Wat Kudi Dao, 10) Chai Wattanaram. These are the famous temples in Ayutthaya. Some recognised as World&#8217;s Heritage sites. Each built in different era. Ayutthaya ...

... to have been abandoned. Alone in the ruins, I felt like some 20th century archaeologist who stumbled upon an important historical find. <br><br>I continued to roam around the park, heading towards a massive Buddhist monastery known as Wihan Phra Mongkhon Bophit, which houses a gold-covered image of a sitting Buddha, said to be one of the largest in Thailand. When Ayutthaya fell, the Burmese burned the wihan (monastery), as well as ...