Baby Elephants are Super Cute!

We are currently staying in Ayuttaya, Thailand. We rented a nice room with ac, flat screen tv, king size bed and a nice shower for 700 baht, which is a pretty good deal.







It's another smaller town like Kanchanaburi, where the primary attraction is the numerous Wats, or temples. Ayuttaya was once the capital of Thailand and a lot of the old Wats, that are now ruins, are still around being "preserved."

*Wat Ratburana*





We rented a motorbike again, they are just so much more convenient than walking or riding a bicycle, and went out to an Elephant Kraal. They had about 50 elephants of all different ages that we got to pet and play with.









Right when we were about to leave, they started bathing the baby elephants. They had a large plastic tub and they were spraying water from a hose into it and those baby elephants went wild - they loved it! They started playing King of the Bathtub and they would trip and fall over and push each other out... So adorable!

After we had our fill of the elephants, we made our way to our first Wat which was a bunch of crumbling rocks, in my opinion. The highlight of this Wat was when we returned to our motorbike to leave, the key was no where to be found. We scoured the entire site looking for it and even enlisted the help of the security guard and some fellow tourists. Nadda! Then a Tuk Tuk driver approached us, hearing of our dilemma, and offered to have his buddy make us a key for cheaper than the rental place would have charged us to replace the key and the locks on the bike, because they wouldn't want some random person to find the key and then the one bike that it goes to and then steal it... Yup, that's a very realistic possibility... Anyway, we got it done and it sucked, but shiz happens!

*Wat Maha That*


After tht ordeal, we went to see some more Wats, but really, once you've seen one, you've sorta seen them all.

*Wat Na Phra Mane*



*Wat Chai Watthanaram* This one was our favorite!


After touring all day, we rewarded ourselves with some good food, beers, and surprisingly good live music at an open mic night across the street from our guest house. At the bar, we hung out with our canadian friend, eric, whom we met back in Kanchanaburi.







And, finally, a little humor... Here is an example of a bar owner who can't spell 'water,' but at least he knows the important words:




That was about it for Friday. Today, Saturday, we are just taking it easy and planning the next leg of our trip, Northern Thailand. We leave for Chiang Mai at 8 pm on a two story bus! Woohoo!

- Mattie and Julian

Location:Ayuttaya, Thailand