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Trains and Temples
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Before taking the train we assisted the national anthem in the station which meant everybody had to standup immobile without speaking for about a minute. Took us rather by surprise but we managed to immitate everybody else even though the music was pretty dull. Back on the train again we once again observed the Thai tradition of selling as much different food stuffs as possible in as short a time. The "merchants" amble up and down the aisle calling out their current product, however we were only brave enough to try the sticky coconut rice in bamboo (yummy).
Dom impressed the controller who gave her a "love ticket" stamped with the form of a heart :) but Simon had to make do with the rice field scenery.
Ayuthaya is full of temples rather like Ankor in Cambodia, but perhaps less well preserved. The visit takes place in two stages on the island and around the outside. The island is the centre of town too so you are just walking down the street through the shops and come across these 800 year old buildings, younger than the pyramids but same principal.
Just one more thing to say, don't stay at Mint Guest House except if you like drinking all day and night, the owner was drunk all the time.
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temples (reply)
Jan 30, 2007 07:50 EST by damonjon
the temple gardens look amazing. I was wide-eyed just looking at all that history. I imagine that it is tough to get yourselves to try different foods (i would have passed on the pig head)from the train vendors but when you did, you enjoyed it, non? Those veggie stuffed pancakes sound yummy. Good point about the translations. Nothing could be worse than getting on the wrong train for lack the righ... show all
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