One Sandal

I did a 3 hour whirlwind tour of the ancient city of Sukhothai by single-gear push-bike, then zipped back to New Sukhothai on a very rickety songthaew, and was able to make the 13:20 bus here to Ayutthaya (about 4 1/2 hours). The bus for whatever reason, dropped me off at the side of the Superhighway, rather than at the bus station, where I was left the choice of (a) a 5 km walk to town (in which direction, I had no idea) or (b) a ride on the back of a motorbike from the one company on the side of the road. They only charged me 50 baht (about US$1.25), but riding the back of a motorbike with my backpack full of gear was far from comforting. Buy hey, the guy did make me wear a helmet.

I get to Tony's Guest House, and who is sitting there, but Guy, the English bloke featured in the cramped tuk-tuk photo from Chiang Mai. So we had a good chat, and caught up, and plan to rent motor bikes today to see the local ruins. It is really, really, hot and muggy today here, and the idea of using a push-bike over a 12 sq. km. park sounds very unappealing to me.

Still no photos today, this might be the slowest intertnet cafe this side of Katmandu.