Nit and Eric rented a car for us for two days. Today we went to Ayutthaya with Kevin Curran and his family (Pam, his wife and Chris, his son). For those reading this and don't know who Kevin is, he grew up in Laguna Beach with us and is one of Eric's best friends who actually got him his job with the International School after vacationing in Bangkok 13 years ago or so.
On our travels in the van, we saw some authentic Thai temples and made our fist offerings with the help of Nit explaining what to do with the candles, insense, flower and gold. We then went to a temple where there were little children monk statues wearing spectacles just like Trey. We fed some fish on the river and they were quite large and ravenouse. We got splashed from their frenzy and Trey dropped the spoon to feed them into the water! We got on a tiny little boat that would have toppled over had we were not balanced properly. After a few trials we figured it out and off we went down the river to explore the sites from the river in this boat. After our hour long boat ride we drove to a little restaurant that we happened to see while we were on the boat. It was a floating restaurant with amazing food.
We then ended by going to see the ruins of Ayutthaya (which we had also seen from the boat). The Burmese had actually destroyed this site and the 12o Buddhas surrounding the ruins were actually headless and in "ruins". The structures were quite high with lots of stairs and no walls to hold in falling children. Trey and Ty were very good at climbing them.
On our travels in the van, we saw some authentic Thai temples and made our fist offerings with the help of Nit explaining what to do with the candles, insense, flower and gold. We then went to a temple where there were little children monk statues wearing spectacles just like Trey. We fed some fish on the river and they were quite large and ravenouse. We got splashed from their frenzy and Trey dropped the spoon to feed them into the water! We got on a tiny little boat that would have toppled over had we were not balanced properly. After a few trials we figured it out and off we went down the river to explore the sites from the river in this boat. After our hour long boat ride we drove to a little restaurant that we happened to see while we were on the boat. It was a floating restaurant with amazing food.
We then ended by going to see the ruins of Ayutthaya (which we had also seen from the boat). The Burmese had actually destroyed this site and the 12o Buddhas surrounding the ruins were actually headless and in "ruins". The structures were quite high with lots of stairs and no walls to hold in falling children. Trey and Ty were very good at climbing them.
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