Sukhothai
That’s what Sukhothai means, BTW: Dawn of Happiness. We’re looking for new themes to use as titles – the English meanings of place names is as good as any.
Travelled by train from Ayotthaya to Phitsanulok, then from Phitsanulok to Sukhothai yesterday .
Staying at the Old City Guesthouse. It looks like a Disney Thai village. Except I’m sure that a room at Disney Thai World would cost more than $CAD22.00.
![It's a Small World After All - Dawn of Happiness](https://randomrambles.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_5602-1024x768.jpg)
Out of several former capitals we’ve been to, this is our favourite. Sites are located in a cool, green, park-like setting. You can see a few wats and feel culturally enriched enough to go seek a cold drink in a shady place.
![Wat Tra Phang Thong - Dawn of Happiness](https://randomrambles.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_5603-1024x762.jpg)
![Wat Si Sawat - Dawn of Happiness](https://randomrambles.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_5635-1024x768.jpg)
Inside one of the towers at Si Siwat, looking up. The sharp-eyed can see 3 bats. (Or 3 Thai Baht).
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It’s hot work, biking around these temples.
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Sight or Insight of the Day
Saw an interesting thing in the Ram Khamhaeng museum today: a group of ants bearing aloft the corpse of a spider, moving along the floor to who knows where?
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