Auytthaya

After Koh Chang, it was back to Bangkok for the night and then off to Auytthaya for Walter to go back to his Portugese roots. Authttaya was actually the old capital of Thailand so it is just filled with history. Unknown to many, the Portugese were one of the first foreigners to settle into Thailand. Back in 1511 the Portugese used to do trades with Thai people and when a war broke out between Thailand and Burma the Portugese helped Thailand and introduced guns to them for their defense. In doing so the King rewarded Portugal with some land to settle on. The Portugese people stayed for about 300 years.


During our days here we also checked out some old temples and other stone buildings. As you can see we could just climb on them as we pleased...do you think that would be allowed in Canada? Hmm, probably not. It's funny the things we're able to do here in Thailand. While we were walking around this park I was passed by a thai woman who told me that my top was "not polite". I was just wearing a tube top, nothing revealing by any means, but I just found it funny considering that the majority of men around here walk around with their t-shirts pulled up to thier chests revealing thier bellies. Whatever lady. We did enjoy walking around the park and taking in the incredible view of this city! The picture before this one is also of the park.








The one thing about this city that did really scare us both was the insane number of dogs that would walk the streets, especially at night time. Any other place we've been there have been many stray dogs around, but the dogs in this city are not friendly, and we are even warned to stay away from them in the Lonley Planet book. Our walks home from the bar were tense and uneasy as we tried to look straight ahead with nervous laughter not wanting to let the other know that we were scared as hell. Oh, and did I mention that they travel in groups of 4 or more?!












Yes, I'm afraid it had to be done....KFC baby! And not only did we have it once, but twice in 4 days. I couldn't even tell you the last time I ate this at home, but here the idea of it was mouth watering not to mention that it's almost like fine-dining here.
Unfortunately they didn't have poutine of course, but we managed otherwise. It was funny because when Walter ordered his meal they thought it was for both of us! Didn't I feel like a cow when I went next and ordered the exact same thing. Delicious!