Thailand is taking over my brain. We've gone from considering a few trepidatious days in Bangkok to maybe a night in Ayuthay and now we're way off the deep end...flying up to Chiang Mai in the north for a few days, then another hour north to Chiang Dao up in the mountains (golden triangle territory) to the awesome Chaing Dao Nest (check out their menus) http://nest.chiangdao.com/ and maybe a bit of treking on elephants to the remote hill tribes, a bamboo raft trip down the Mae Ping river and there's something about exploring caves. Ack. It all looks so amazing and it's so damn cheap. I think we may have to extend our Thailand stay.
From Chaing Mai, I'm guessing we'll take the train down to Ayuthaya, the ancient capital where Yul Brenner did all that dancing, etc etc etc... It's a 10 hour trip, so we may stop over to see Sukhothai, another ancient capital. From what I understand, you can open the windows on the trains and the scenary is stunning. And Ayuthaya looks to be an astonishing place.
It's hard to know just how much appetite we'll have (and especially the girls will have) for all these amazing ruins. But I'm really liking this itinerary. By the time we get to Bangkok with all of it's congestion, pollution, gem scams, tuk tuk touters and hordes, we won't be quite so blinky eyed and innocent.
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