San Sook Place, Ayutthaya, Day 1

After he business of last night, we are excited to leave the bug city and see what else Tahailand has to offer. After being offered ridiculous prices for a bus, we decide to use the train. It's a more worrying alternative, but costs about 60p for both of us.
The train station is busy, and we expect to be crushed onto a small train for the journey, but we actually manage to get seats that we can fit our bags near. The seats aren't ideal, right next to the toilet, but they will do.
The journey takes just under 2 hours and we are relieved when we pull into Ayutthaya and get off. We grab a tuk tuk and head to our hotel, which is small and homely. It is already early afternoon now so we decide to head out and grab something to eat. As is often the case in the smaller cities and towns, findig somewhere to eat is a nightmare, and it takes us around half an hour to find somewhere open where we can get some noodles.
After eating we are wonderig what Ayutthaya has to offer. So far it has looked like a big road and pretty empty streets. Then we head for the park and our view changes. It is a beautiful place. There are loads of places to sit and relax in the shade of the trees, and the ruins that are scattered around it are great. We walk around the lake and see the elephants and market, and it is a really good afternoon. As we sit on a bench by the lake, we notice something in the water that I initially think is a crocodile, but Amy thinks is a snake. Whatever it is, it is pretty big. When it finally leaves the water we see it is some kind of lizard. To see one just roaming about freely is very odd and makes you wonder what else is hanging around out here.
As we didn't head out until late it is now almost dark, so we head back. We get some Pad Thai at a small stall and relax for the night, ready for a bike ride to the furher away temples tomorrow.Read more