Ayutthaya

On Sunday we took a bus from Kanchanaburi to Ayutthaya (the old capital).We stayed a few days as we wanted to see some stone temples. We hired a tuk tuk for three hours and visited the ones off the island which would be difficult to each otherwise as public transport wasn't as straight forward as other places we'd been. We were very fortunate as there was a festival on celebrating Thailands history and success over Burma. It was a reinactment of the battles which took place.The streets were packed and there was folk music being played on stages throughout the city. We managed to buy tickets to the main show which featured Elephants and horses. The setting was in one of the main temples and it had a similiar atmosphere to what we get at the Shakespearian plays set in castles. It was extremely realsitic with the Elephants battling each other and throwing actors about. Overall it was very visual and noisy. Kids thought it was fantastic!!Have photos to upload again but its a time consuming process so when we have a quiet period i'll post them.