Ayutthaya - Thailand

We left Laos and stopped off at Ayutthaya, which is an ancient city and the former capital of Thailand. The train we were on was supposed to stop at 4:30am, so we set our alarm, but annoyingly we only actually arrived at about 6:30am... but don't worry, I got in a snooze while Colin stayed awake. We decided to walk from the station to the hostel, as Colin said it wasn't very far... I learnt, not for the first time, that Colin's 500m actually means 2km's.
We were warned about all the stray dogs in Ayutthaya, but only once we got there did we see how many of them there really are. They're all over the place and they look very horrible and sick, some of the female dogs look like they have cow's udders on them. On our walk to the hostel one of these dogs was lying on the pavement in our way. I walked round him, quite close and he growled at me, but we thought no more of it and kept walking. Next thing we know this dog has come up behind us and is barking and growling at us, looking like he's ready to eat us up. We were so scared, but didn't want to run as he would probably have chased us. We managed to lose him when we crossed the main road and he got stuck behind a bus. It was as if he lay on the pavement and thought he'd let us go after growling at us the first time, but then decided on second thought that he's not doing anything else with his day so why not scare these silly tourists. After this we kept a big distance from any dog.
Besides the dogs, the city is full of ancient buildings, monuments and temples. We cycled around going to all the different sites and taking loads of photos. We can imagine what an amazing city it must have been when everything was still standing as it's even very impressive now.
It was very hot here, over 35 on both days, so we got quite tired cycling round and caught a bit of sun. It was nice to stop off here and relax before heading back to the hustle and bustle of Bangkok.