another great day. woke up super early to avoid the wretched heat and humidity. we were all super impressed that we were eating breakfast by 7am. rented bikes for the day-- so cheap!! (the low prices cease to amaze us.) then we biked over to the ruins and spent a couple of hours there. it was so peaceful-- not a white person in sight (barely any Thai people either, for that matter.) just us on our bikes on the tree lined streets, with grassy parks displaying the red brick remains of a once powerful empire. the walls and towers and statues and spires were amazing. though most were badly crumbled, they were still intact enough to induce wonder. so cool. we also saw packs of elephants march past the ruins.
such efficient tourists are we; we were done with the ruins by 11am and ate lunch in a little noodle shop with some locals. delicious. back at the guesthouse, bikes returned, and all packed up by noon. one more ice cream trip and we were on a train to bangkok. good bye ayuthaya.
ugh. reminded how much we hate bangkok jut by pulling into the train station. smelly, smoggy, loud, trafficy and unpleasant. managed somewhat miraculously to get a public bus to the southern bus station, then took another bus to kanchanburi. although the whole trip from ayuthaya to kanchanburi took 7 hours, it was much easier than we expected. in Kanchanburi, we found cute little bamboo bungalows with thatched roofs. very summer camp.
quote of the day: "what else was i going to do with it? obviously i stuck it in my mouth." (rachelle)
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