Ayutthaya - Further Afield

Was given a good route to follow today by the lady who we hired the bikes from. First stop was at Wat Phanan Choeng, which has the largest ancient Buddha in Thailand and it was massive. Turned up in time to see something that is done here daily but at other temples is only done on special occasions. People buy the orange robes and after a blessing they get handed over to be tied together. This then gets passed back to the people to place over their heads before it gets pulled over the Buddha's shoulder. Quite a fascinating ritual to see. Another temple, where we had our picnic lunch in the shade by a reclining Buddha, was quite pristinely kept. James is in for some good luck as he managed to get his coin to 'stick' onto the food of a Buddha! We also popped into other sights of interest on the way, like the Dutch settlement, Japanese village a floating village and other temples.Read more