Ruins and Dogs

Those are the cool things to see here. There are some neat brick ruins in Ayuttaya, pretty expansive and pretty cool. Not many people walking around them, so we got lots of pictures. I am hoping that when we meet up with Kane's friend in Chiang Mai later this week that we can upload some of the pics that we took. You can't access the USB or anything at these internet places.

There are dogs everywhere. I guess it means the people aren't going hungry though, right? Always good to look on the bright side. Still breaks my heart to see them just wandering around, some in pretty bad health. I keep taking pictures of them. The cats too, but there are more dogs than cats. Anyway, I think of them often and wish them the best possible.

So, yesterday we did the ruins, today I think we are going to go see the "tourist" area. It better not be like Bangkok or we're tuk-tuking right out of there. This is a small town encompassed by a river. Our hotel is right on the river, though the picture on the brochure shows the river as deceivingly clean looking. Still cool, took many pictures from our 5th story room. We're hoping to *gasp* speak to some other travelers today and maybe get the scoop on some cool stuff. We'll see how that goes, I'm not even good at talking to people in my own country. Plus, we have not been greeted with quite the friendly attitude that I had been expecting here.

I smile at everyone we pass, and some smile back, some don't. Not one pair or group of other travelers has stopped to converse with us. Maybe it's because Kane stands behind me and scowls, I don't know. We're going to keep trying.

We have about a billion questions about this country that we can't get answered because we simply don't speak or read the language. I am really hoping to learn more once we catch up with Kane's friend in Chiang Mai, since he speaks the language and has been here a while. We need a translator to ease us in; we're not good at it by ourselves. But we have the time and we have the desire, so we will get better!

Ok, this internet place is "expensive" ($4/hour), so I'm outta here. Hope all is well in the US of freakin A, I'll try to send pics later this week.