Saturday we went on a tour of Ayutthaya, the former capital of Thailand from 1350 to 1767. It is about 50 miles north of Bangkok. The ruins were amazing to see. It made me think of the kinds of things you would see in National Geographic or something. Evidently the Burmese burned and destroyed much of the city in the 1767. It must have been an amazing civilization in its day. Our tour guide said that there are no heads on the Buddha statues because they were cut off and sold. I had always just assumed that a head on a neck is a piece likely to be broken off. It was sad to see how different ancient temples here were ransacked for profit.

We continued on to more ancient temple ruins and a currently used wat, or temple. Like many of the temples and shrines we have seen, it was quite busy with people.