Histories 2nd Capital, Ayutthaya

So as you can gather from the post title, Ayutthaya was Thailands 2nd capital city. Back in 1700 the city reached a population of 1,000,000. Making it one of the biggest cities in the world at that time. In 1767, the Burmese army invaded and destroyed the city, leaving behind ruins what is known today as Ayutthaya Historical park. The population today is a mere 55,000. Compared to the current capital of Bangkok with a population of 9,100,000. Bangkok became capital of Thailand in 1768 after the demise of Ayuthaya.

We preffered the setting of Ayuthaya to that of Sukhothai, so if you ever want to see some of historical Thailand, Ayuthaya is the preffered option.

We hired bicycles to make the sightseeing easier. We stopped at three different sets of ruins and then made 5km cycle over to Wat Chai Wattananaram, where it was recomended to watch a great sunset, it proved worthy, but weve seen better. Maj also broke an ancient statue of a buddha here, so if the Ayuthaya police question you about it, tell em nothing!

The greatest thing I witnessed on my travels so far was in Ayuthaya. A dog sat on the back of motorbike whilst a woman was cruising down the main road, and he looked so content. It was brilliant. The 2nd time a camera was not at a hand to record such a sight. (The first being the duck sacrifice back in Siem Reap, because of Abbie's shitty camera).

Ayuthaya Photo Link:
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