Lighting incense the beaten track
Ok, so this is the deal. Me and my surrogat mother Jossan ( as Jackson so truly(?) put it, haha) have moved on from the colorful Siam to the culural Cambodia. One thing we have thoroughly discovered though is that Cambodia is not very good at electricity. Our guesthouse have been powerless for almost two days now, hoirrible nights without a fan (but we are survivors), therefor I intend to write a few short letters to avoid that really enoying feeling you get when suddenly you stare at a black screen, where two seconds ago were some 20min of hard work.
Thank you for all your sympaties concerning my very dramatic food poisining, by the way. It has been requested for me to tell you the villain in the drama, but it's no that exciting really. Water. Never trust a guesthouse keeper who shws you a very fancy water purifyer "Imported from Canada." "Everyone drinks." Blah!
So, to begin from the beginning. Our last day in Thailand we spent on the culural track. We took he train from Bangkok to Ayutthaya. The former capital of Siam, situated only 1,5 hours north of Bangkok. We had a rather curious episode at the station when they tried to charge us 630 bath for a one-way ticket. No, no, no, we exclaimed, we want the cheap one. Ah, you want the 11.20 train not 10.50? 30 bath then please. We left the ticket salesman gloomy eyed, just tried to sell us tickets for x20 the prise.
In Ayutthaya we rented bicykles and went around sightsee the various old temples. Really nice. Very Thailand and a bit of the beaten track. We took the nicest little ferry/ raft and the people were charming. Warmly recomended if the opportunity ever crosses your path. We also visited a few Wats. I have taken as a habit to light incense for one of you in every wat I visit. Since there has been a few I guess a few oif you can count on a bit of good luck in the near future.
The night we spent at Thanon Koh San, that street, I can't tell you because it is different every night. We made quite a few friends there anyways. We went to bed at 4.30; and woke at 5.45 (both AM) well prepared for the jerney to Cambodia.