Another weekend, another escape from the city. We went to Ayutthaya for the second time, but this time in the first place to relax and spend some time in the Thai country side. The hotel we had booked was built in the style of an ancient Thai village and was situated in the middle of nowhere, near a river and fields. It was just outside the ancient capital Ayutthaya (see older posts). As we had already seen the major sites in Ayutthaya, we decided to drive further north to the ancient town of Lopburi (formerly known as Lavo), one of the oldest cities in Thailand. Today, it is famous for a number of impressive monuments and a population of monkeys occupying some of these monuments and running amok in the city. In Ayutthaya, we also stopped at the ruins of a temple where there is a gigantic and impressive statue of the Reclining Buddha.
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