We get dropped of the bus at 5 a.m. on the main road. A hour away from the Ayutthaya centre. As soon as we get off the obvious tuk tuk driver approaches us and tells us that he will take us to the centre for just as little as: the same price that the bus to get from Chian Mai to Ayutthaya costs us. We decide to pass on the amazing offer and wait for a more local and cheaper way to get into town.
The local bus driver drops us off at a seemingly cheap BnB, so we sit around the lobby for an hour until it opens and proceed to drop of the bags.
Ayutthaya used to be the countries capital in the XIV century until it got destroyed by the Burmese army in the XVIII century. And in 1991 it was declared part of the UNESCO world heritage.
We got lucky and reached the old ruins on time to catch a little glimpse of the sunrise.
But the ruins where still closed, so we had to sneak in through the back to be able to make pictures of the morning with the ruins, the old ruins make for an incredible view and some amazing pictures.
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| Buddhas lined up at Wat Yai Chaimongkhon |
We finished visiting the central old city relatively quickly so we took advantage of the spare time to take a little power nap. After which we rented a bike to head over to the outer part of the city. We visited the floating market, but sadly enough it was just closing it's doors and afterwards we headed towards Wat Yai Chaimongkhon which is an impressive old temple that still stands and is still in use up to this day.
The next day would be our last day of travelling together, we took the train towards Bangkok just to separate once we where there I booked a train towards Hua Hai whilst he was staying one night in Bangkok in order to leave to Cambodia the following day
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| Hua Hai's little train station |
I arrived with an hour delay in Hua Hai, but still on time to go and explore the city, I knew that I couldn't make it to the beach any more but I walked through the city and paid a visit at the night market of the town. I especially noticed how touristy the town was, I thought maybe it was because of the Hilton and the Marriot hotels, but apparently it's such a popular holiday destination (even for Thai's, that regularly spend the weekends here) because of how safe the area is, it's a town that has ben favoured by the king throughout various generations as a place to spend the holidays, so there is constant surveillance in the town and there are big army ships patrolling the coast.
The next morning I didn't really do much other than go for a walk on the beach, something that I hadn't done in a long time, I met a few kite boarders but the wind was a bit low today so it wasn't the best day to head in the waves, they day went by without to much activity and I started planning my next stop, I had decided to visit Koh Samui, but when Paul told me a few great things about Cambodia I started thinking about heading there myself as well, so I would go to Koh Samui for a couple of days and from there on head to Cambodia.
So now I am here, in the train, I just got to see the nice Hua Hai station which is still conserved since it was built, and it gives a nice antique touch to the otherwise booming city.
And on my way to Surath Thani! where I will get on a bus towards the port and eventually head to the islands.
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