Ayuthaya

(written 1/12/07)
After a 1.5 hour train ride from Bangkok (costing a mere 15 baht!), I arrived here in Ayuthaya not really knowing what to expect. It is basically an island-city, with one side (closest to the travellers getting off the train) very busy, and the other half full of very old wats (temples) and prangs (ummm, yeah prangs). Without planning to, I stumbled upon a nearly perfect sunset at one such place. There were two games of pickup football (soccer) happening at the base of the prang in question and it was just such a serene moment. I think I'll hire a bicycle tomorrow to have a better look around.
As an interesting aside, the dogs here want to eat me. Well...not all of them, but there have been several instances where a pack of dogs sleeping literally in the middle of the road oblivious to the near proximity of tire treads to their stupid heads will suddenly leap to attention and come at me all fired up for a fight when I try to sneak by. But what they don't realize is that I refuse to become lunch meat for a bunch of ornery fur-faced mongrels! Back, you fiends!