Finally... the travels begin

  Now that we have that first day behind us, we are comfortably in our groove.  We packed up this morning (after finally getting our baggage delivered at 1:30 in the morning) and headed off to Ayutthaya

  Ayutthaya was at one time the capital city of Thailand, which was then known as Siam.  The city has over four hundred temples and ruins and three palaces. 

 Looks like there will a ton of things to see and do here during the next two that we are staying here.  If the temperature stays like it was today, we are in for some hot ones.

 As soon as we got here we felt comfortable with our surroundings and we have a great room in a really funky guesthouse.  The hosts are super friendly and are treating us like we are visiting their home.  They greeted us with a cool beverage when we arrived and had cookies and fruit set out for us and after we returned from a boat excursion this afternoon they were waiting with a plate of refreshing watermelon.

 Today we wondered into the town centre to buy a memory card for one of the cameras and to have look around.  It was hot enough and far enough to bring on the first foot blister.  Aside from that it was neat to see the goings on of the daily street market... everything you can think of and few you can't were there to purchase.  Throws you off a bit to see the meat sitting out in the heat with flies and who know what else cruising around.  After a bit of a rest up we went to the night market to see what was there.  We ate some great street vendor food and really enjoyed watching them prepare it right there in front of us.  Our total cost for our meal worked out to almost $4 for the both of us, including a coconut ice cream dessert.

Plan is to get up early tomorrow morning and visit some more temples before it get to hot out.  Boy, is it nice to complain about the heat... eh eh eh!