Woraburi Ayothaya Ayutthaya

... br>3 p.m and time to go walkies. The guest houses are near the bus stop and all on one strip, which is handy. Got a room with no locks on the door for 120 baht (well, it was that or no sockets) and went on the net to look at the highlights of the area. <br>"Wat" is Thai for temple. This place is full of ancient Wats. In fact, that's pretty much all that can be seen here, apart from more shops, more dogs, more elephants and more geccos. If you are into ...

... out each time ...... but even though it's Halloween tomorrow it was not too bad.<br><br>Although Tony's Place was OK we quickly found a much nicer place - P.U Guesthouse just round the corner so we upped and moved to a really nice room with a top sheet - very unusual for Asia mostly they just supply a blanket which doesn't feel quite right.( In fact we usually opt for our silk sleeping bags - for that luxury feel when there's ...

Basically a huge party at school. I did my sword-fighting demo and a Muay Thai demo. Both were the type of "dance" you do to pay respect to the art and to the teacher. <br><br>The opening ceremony was intense. Benz was dressed up as a girl with a dress, wig, make-up, everything. I didn't recognize him at first. The marching band played, which made me laugh a little, remembering a year ago practicing the Triangle of Death on the astro-turf ...

... in a puddle on her ****!!! Bruce had hit a manhole cover in the rain and the bike threw them off!! No scratches but lucky escape as Bruce's helmet flew off. But bravely (or retardedly) they got back on the bikes and we headed off again. This temple was impressive. There was a Buddha head buried somehow in a tree. and all the buddhas heads were taken off the statues bar one or two. The central prang (got that ...

... more exotic. Not long into it we were passing, squirrels, chipmunks, skunks, armadillos, falcons, parrots, peacocks, dogs, cats, ducks, turtles, tortoises, and all these weird animals that I didn&#8217;t know what were. I was so fascinated by everything that I saw. I couldn&#8217;t believe that if I wanted to I could buy a baby squirrel of chipmunk and oh my gosh they were so cute. Just walking though the market and especially the animals section was an adventure. <br> The ...

... from tuk-tuk drivers and tour sellers (which surprisingly includes Bangkok - which is where I'm writing this from). Fortunately there was a Tesco Lotus down the road for cheap beers and snacks and we had one blow out lunch in a lovely Italian restaurant on backpacker street (next to Tony's place), pizza, ice cream and some Chang beers. We had a tv in our room and they even showed the ...

Ayutthaya is a famous, historical city that was once the old capitol of Siam. I went there yesterday and as you can see, I took a million pictures. Even the pictures don't do the city justice to the marvel I found in it, it's truly fascinating. I went to 3 different wats that are now ruins; that's where most of the pictures are from. <br> I rode a freaking elephant. It was awesome. I saw a bunch of elephants just walking down the street and I asked if I could ride one. The teacher ...

... s going to work. <br> My family is really great. I have one 16 yr old sister and a 14 yr old sister. And the parents. It's pretty chill at home, and I'm still getting used to everything. Like the heat. What worries me though is that this is the rainy season. I'm scared to find out what the hot season will be like. Lunch still isn't for another hour, so you all reading this should message me and let me know what's up! I miss you guys, I'll write more later.

... naturally and his two older brothers who had killed each other in a power struggle to take the throne. We climbed a number of steep staircases to get a good way up the Prang, only to find an even steeper, vertigo inducing set of stairs leading back down into the heart of the tower. Here in a tiny chamber covered with murals still holding much of their colour, was where many bits of fine jewelry and treasures were found when looters raided the ...

... amazement each time I'd recall that visit to the ruins. <br><br> While writing this, it occurred to me that the Burmese victory in Ayutthaya may have been hollow in another sense. Yeah, they succeeded in crushing an empire but they failed in breaking the spirit that has galvanized the Ayutthayans to rise from the ravages of war and carry on. <br><br> In that sense, Ayutthaya has truly lived up to its name &#8212; an undefeatable city.