Detail of the giant Buddha at Wat Phra Phai Luang We tuk-tuk’ed to the bus station in Ayutthaya, as it is outside the main city and quite a walk. The bus station is set up in a pretty strange way.…

Wat Phra Si Sanphet Early the next morning we caught a train to Ayutthaya. Contrary to what our guidebooks said, it only takes one hour 20 minutes on the train to get to Ayuthaya from Bangkok – faster than the bus.…

We got a cab over to the Temple of the Emerald Buddha (and what a ride it was!). It was the most disappointing and "tourist trap like" of all the wats we saw – there was video slot Buddha machines just outside the temple, lots of souvenir stands, etc.…

  We headed out first thing in the morning on our walking tour. A lot of the best sites and "must-see" wats are within walking distance of each other. We first tried to find Wat Mahathat but..…