Mam had work there, so we made two overnight trips to Ayutthaya
View of Lam Takhong Reservoir from Suan Muang Porn restaurant
Suan Muang Porn Restaurant
Highway Pak Chong PTT Petrol Station
Mam and Friend
Silp-pa Hotel, Ayutthaya
Silp-pa Hotel, Ayutthaya
Buddha Image Remains at Wat Ho Rakhang adjacent to Silp-pa Hotel
Mam at Silp-pa Hotel
Wat Phra Mahatat
Collection of headless Buddha images
Perhaps the most famous and most photographed Buddha image in Thailand
Wat Nok, just outside the grounds of Wat Mahatat
Ruined Bridge over Klong Tho Road, Ayutthaya
Chao Phraya River with sand barge and Wat Chai Wattanaram in the distance
Coffee Old City
Across From Wat Mahatat
Coffee Old City
Wat Phra Ram
What's left of a Buddha image in the "Defeating Mara" gesture
Main stupa.Two interesting plaster renderings of Buddha. Above the lintel is a reclining Buddha In the doorway a Buddha image in the "Pacifying the Relatives" gesture.
Wat Nok - Near Wat Mahatat
Coffee Old City
Across from Wat Mahatat
Brown Ale Pub Bar & Grill
Some craft beer and good food
Mam attacks my burger
Cafe Inn Factory
Pak Chong
Cafe Inn Factory
Cafe Inn Factory
Arches
This is a Corbel arch. All the bricks are horizontal. Neither the Thais nor the Khmer ever developed a tru arch. Both used the Corbel arch.
This true arch is at Wat Ho Rakhang. Thais began using the true arch after it was introduced by Europeans in the late Ayutthaya period.
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