Ayutthaya

This weekend was spent with just me, a couple friends, and a self guided biking tour through the sacred ancient city of Siam, Ayutthaya. Webster happened to plan a trip there the same weekend, but i am SO glad we decided to go out on our own, it was well worth it! It was as if we were transported back to some forgotten time. Trying to imagine what life was like, visualizing what the people may have been doing inside the stone walls day in and day out; did they live within the walls or was the Wat simply a place for reverence? The answer: each one served a different purpose, one was the site of the cremation of two brothers who killed each other for the throne, the other the burial site of the ashes of several great kings. I finally got to use my film camera too, it was like meeting an old friend again, there is just such a strong connection between me and the film, i had my digital also, but it immediately become an accessory to the film love i had as the primary source. As if i where doing some sort of walking mediation, within a place where that was done on a regular basis. It was fun actually being a car, the three of us on our little bikes, baskets and all, literally driving with the cars and motorcycles! I even almost had a head on! Oops, don't tell mom that one. But seriously, it's so strange because last summer i was training for the triathlon and was deathly afraid of riding on the road, and in Thailand, the drivers are CRAZY, yet riding my bike here was no big deal. My favorite part of hte weekend was dining in a traditional Thai way, on the floor, sharing meals, traditional music in the background, and Wat Rataburana lit up as the sky fell to night. So beautiful. And then Christmas lighted tuk tuk tour passes by the window; now that was a site!