Pleasant stay at Ban Khun Pra watching the barges go by on the Chao Praya river (do they go all the way to Bangkok?). We ve already had to change room twice. It seems now that everyone reserves by Internet and the whole guesthouse gets booked up by groups.. We re getting a little lazy (or old) and are savouring staying in one place for longer and Ayuthaya is such a fascinating place!
Braving the heat we visited (the most visited temple)
Wat Phra Mahathat
Then off to Wat Thammikkarat (after a cooling off in the shade and rehydrating fresh coconut milk (30Baht)
The guarding lions (singha - like the beer!)
There was also a Buddha shrine flanked by two guarding bright cockerels. Apparently when King Nasueran was taken hostage by the Burmese, his invincible cockerels (he loved cock fighting as a little boy) secured his reputation..
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