Family in Thailand: Ayutthaya

Monday morning we headed to Ayutthaya.  We rode in the tour bus with my family.  Tanner and Annie used some chocolate cereal for entertainment along the way.  They found out that the cereal made terrific finger wigs.

 The tour guide stopped the bus along the way and we stopped at a BBQ stand.  What do you think they were serving...?  Rat!  Big 'ol rats!  I'm pretty sure that these are the same type of rats that are traipsing around in the ceiling above my room, having parties at all hours of the night.

See that cat in the back?  Looks like it's getting its fair share of rats!

Some of us tried it, some passed. 

It had the taste and texture of chicken but smelled like a dirty rat.

After about 3 or 4 hours on the van we got to Ayutthaya.  This was the old capital of Thailand.  After Sukkothai but before Bangkok.  We waled around the ruins.  This day was really hot!

We did a little bit of shopping before getting back on the bus.

In their matching shirts from Chiang Mai

We stopped at one more temple.

Then we got dropped off a the hotel.

View of Ayutthaya from the hotel

We relaxed and cooled off at the hotel for an hour or so before heading to Phichit. On the way to Phichit we stopped at McDonalds, ate and posed with Ronald.

We tried to copy his face...

We got to Phichit around 9:30.  My family got dropped of at the garden home where they would spent the night.  They met Tang, Ake, Ton and baby Flynn.  Tanner and I stayed and chatted for a bit then headed home.