Ayuthaya

(Please note that this post should come before the Chaing Mai post but for some reason it published before it ?!)
Travelling North of Bangkok I stopped at the old Thailand capital of Ayuthaya. The town is a world heritage site and seemed to have more temples than people ! I loved this place and found it really peaceful. I hired a little bike and pottered about the old ruins reading and drawing. Part of the attraction was also the wonderful family run guest house i stayed in with Gina and my 'Thai mother' they embraced me as a daughter and treated me so well i did not want to leave. I was treated to home cooked Thai food each evening and morning and wonderful massages each evening, they even treated me to a cowboy Thai themed meal at a bar restaurant an experience i will never forget !

Pics sho a boozy night with my Thai family in the cowboy bar...elephants playing and the magnificant wat chai wattanaram which the locals claim is as wonderful as Angkor wat in Cambodia...will let you know.