Day 7 Ayutthaya

This morning we took a boat trip to more temples. These were very different in style to the ones we saw yesterday.

The boat driver then dropped up as the floating market. There were lots of stalls selling everything from t-shirts to food. We stopped for lunch which was usual delicious.

At the entrance there were goats who you could buy milk for and feed them. They were very sweet but you had to hang onto your bottle! The whole area was very sweet.

This evening we boarded the overnight sleeper train to Chiang Mai. We almost boarded one to somewhere else but luckily the station attendant stopped us. That would have been funny - not! As it was Kerith's birthday (the hotel owner had already given cakes) there was a little celebration. As you can see this was in a bus shelter as the Thai government has imposed a ban on all alcohol in stations and on trains.

The sleeper was interesting as seats are converted into beds and you are just separated by a curtain. The journey took approx 12 hours and some of us got more sleep than others.

Tomorrow we will wake up in Chiang Mai :-)