{"id":293,"date":"2008-05-26T16:16:04","date_gmt":"2008-05-26T07:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matero.net\/?p=293"},"modified":"2008-05-26T16:49:58","modified_gmt":"2008-05-26T07:49:58","slug":"day-341-342-ayutthaya-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/matero.net\/blog\/?p=293","title":{"rendered":"Day 341-342 – Ayutthaya, Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the morning I had a long, hot and humid walk to the Hualamphong train station in Bangkok. Then I took the train 2 hours away to the ancient capital of the country, Ayutthaya<\/a>. It was the capital for 400 years of its history. I was surprised the 3rd class ticket was only 15 Baht ($0.50). Once I arrived, I walked toward the city and a guy invited me to his guesthouse and I took a 100 Baht ($3) room there. Talk about a low cost of living city. Later in the day I tried to find a special noodle place that serves cheap bowls of noodles and you eat many bowls and stack them on the table. I found one with 10 Baht ($0.30) bowls and I had four. I thought the bowls would be smaller or else I would have stacked up twice as high!<\/p>\n

The next day I rented a bicycle so I could ride around the city and see all the ruins, museums, and temples. I started off at 7:00 in the morning and visited Wat Yau Chai Mongkhon, Wat Phanan Choeng, Chao Sam Phraya National Museum, Wat Chai Watthanaram<\/a>, Wat Lokayasutharam, the Ancient Palace (which was only some foundation bricks), Wat Phra Si Sanphet, Wihan Phra Mongkhon Bophit, Wat Mahathat<\/a>, and Wat Ratchaburana.<\/p>\n

Wat Ratchaburana<\/a> was interesting because you could go inside down some steep stairs into a chamber where a lot of treasure was found in the 1950’s.<\/p>\n

At one point I noticed I was barely casting any shadow. I looked at my watch and it was 12:00. I’m walking through a field where the ancient royal palace used to be and there isn’t much shade anywhere! So that’s why Thailand is so hot. I got some sunburn this day too. I didn’t put enough sun lotion on myself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the morning I had a long, hot and humid walk to the Hualamphong train station in Bangkok. Then I took the train 2 hours away to the ancient capital of the country, Ayutthaya. It was the capital for 400 years of its history. I was surprised the 3rd class ticket was only 15 Baht … <\/p>\n

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