i did something on friday night that i would like to do more often. a friend and i went to the bus stop planning to go to kanchanaburi to go hiking, but then we found out we had just missed the bus by fifteen minutes. rather than returning home and having another bangkok friday night, we walked around the bus stop, picked a random place, and went there. i went to ayutthaya when i was in thailand the first time, and i went back with jess.

ayutthaya was the capital of thailand until the burmese marched through and burned much of it a couple hundred years ago. the name ayutthaya is still a part of the capital's name today...the thais do not call this city bangkok but rather krung thep mahanakhon amon rattanakosin mahinthar ayuthaya mahadilok phop noppharat ratchathani burirom udomratchaniwet mahasathan amon phiman awatan sathit sakkathattiya witsanukam prasit (krung thep, city of angels, for short).

enough for my poor, brief account of history. the temples in ayutthaya are beautiful and inspiring. i can't help but wonder what it would be like to walk around there when they were built...