(Carving of a demon mask that was part of a huge wax candle in front of one of Ayutthaya’s famous temples with a huge golden buddha)
Fourth time around to Ayutthaya… almost feels like a I live there. This time around it was to take a day trip from Bangkok to visit the ruins of Thailand’s former capital with my cousins who were visiting from Canada via Hong Kong. I met up with them on Sunday for an afternoon of shopping at Chatuchak weekend market, or known to the locals as “JJ”, and then dinner at Cabbages and Condoms. On Monday, we met up early at Bangkok’s train station to head 2 hours north to Ayutthaya. Other than an all day shopping fest on Tuesday, this was, I hope, the highlight to my cousins trip. Well, I enjoyed it even if I’ve been here four times… here are a few photos from that day.
(That old guy on the right isn’t one of my cousins… I think he just wanted to get down from the temple)
(Those are some big feet… my cousin Howard is pointing to coins stuck on the sole of the leaning Buddha’s feet)
(Stray dogs are much more relaxed outside of Bangkok)
(Not sure who put these dolls here, but a nice change from all the buddha’s around)