Ayutthaya - Thailand’s old capital. We had been told we shouldn’t miss a night at this town, and it was pretty cool. A lot of what made it cool however, was the guesthouse we stayed at, a place called the Baan Lotus. The owner of this guesthouse is a lovely Thai woman who also speaks excellent english. She had organised a tour that ran nightly, taking us around the old temples and ruins, and also to an Elephant camp.

The Elephant camp was something else.. mainly because they had baby elephants there that they had bred, which were about 8-10 weeks old, and already waist high on me - probably weighing in at over 70kg. They were pretty unsteady on their feet, and struggled to get back up if they fell over, just like any other infants. Definitely one of the cuter things I’ve seen.

The temple ruins were pretty amazing, and they timed the tour so we got to see a lot of them at night. They have set up huge lights around many of the ruins, so seeing them all lit up is very cool. I’m not a huge “looking at ruins” type person, so the pace of the tour suited me well.

After the tour we got dropped off at the night market, where we had some food and headed back to the guesthouse for some much needed sleep. Marie hadn’t been feeling all that good (and neither had I to be honest).