We arrived in Sukhothai this afternoon. It was an interesting bus ride and we can't help but wonder why anyone who has ever driven a motor vehicle or riden in one in this country isn't dead. We were travelling at break-neck speeds on curvey mountain roads. Once again givin' it up to Ka!
Sukhothai is interesting. On the north end (or maybe it's the west end, not 100% sure) is the old part of the city. This is almost entirely made up of the Sukhothai Historical Park, which are ruins dating back to the 13th century. On the other end of town is New Sukhothai (where we sleep). This is a ratty ol' sketchy place with more street dogs than people, and we have yet to feel the Thai friendliness we've felt everywhere else on our travels here. Not to mention the fact that people line up around the block to order maggots, grubs, roaches and other such delecacies for dinner at the night market.
But this is not why we are here; we came to see the ruins. And they are STUNNING! Huge ancient crumbly stone buddhas and stupas spaced out in about a 4 mile radius. As soon as we arrived, we took a bus out to the ruins, rented bicycles and tooled around until close to sunset. It is a good thing we still have Miriam's camera (Adrian's mom) because it is a photographer's dream and we each need our own camera. We have plans to go back out early in the morning tomorrow specifically hoping for good lighting.
Once we've had our fill of the ruins, we plan to head out and make our way back down to Bangkok. We're tossing around a bunch of ideas, but it's looking like we'll head out on the morning of the 21st, if the newer part of this city doesn't get to us too much and we decide to hightail out of here sooner.
At this point in our journey, we are definately feeling travellers' exhaustion. Constant human interaction for a couple of introverts can be a bit much. We're sure Bangkok will be just what we need to rejuvinate. HA!
