Standing Tall

The weather gods have smiled on us as we went to Ayutthaya, north of Bangkok. We journeyed up to the Mo Chit Bus Terminal

This is an interesting bus system they have, using regular busses and vans. This got us to Ayutthaya and at the end of the line we rented a tuk tuk to get us around. Our first stop was Wat Chaiwatthanaram.

Next stop on the Wat tour is Wat Maha That. This Wat was in pretty bad shape, on account of it being torched by the Burmese. Also interesting is the Buddha head in the tree.

Onwards to Wat Rachaburana. This Wat is known for its mural paintings, dating back to 1424.

Next up, Wat Phra Si Samphet, part of a former royal palace of King Ramathibodi I.

Lastly, we move to Wat Phra Ram, which was built in 1369 by King Ramesuan at the cremation site of his father.

We figured that was good enough at this point so we journeyed back near to Chatuchak Park and paid a quick visit to the Or Tor Kor market, essentially a very large indoor farmers market. We brunched on Pad Thai (after all, we have to compare from the best we had the night before…)

The lady working at this shop flagged us down and we decided to eat here. On the whole, texture on this one was better, and taste from last nights was better.

Afterwards we took the MRT back to Silom and wandered around Lumpini Park before heading back to the Silom Complex Mall for an early dinner.

I had the Tom Kha Mushroom soup with dragonfruit shake (couldn’t resist!) and my friend had glass noodle pork soup with a lychee shake.

That concludes our time in Bangkok. It’s been hot and fun, and now we move to our mid-trip break (which is where I have been writing the last couple of posts, hence the delay) at the Dewa Resort in Phuket…and snorkeling and chilling to look forward to.