After a thirteen days backpacking trip to Thailand, I feel totally exhausted and tired, in the mean time, I find this journey very enjoying and meaningful. I keep telling Edmond that we had a spiritual tour in Thailand because 80% of the time we actually visiting temple. Just like Malaysia, an Islamic country, you can see mosque everywhere, in Thailand, you can see temple everycorner everystreet. Apart from the "spirituality" of our trip, we were also impressed by their amazing architecture with artistic sculpture and crafting, which is so special that it enhances the natural landscape, produces a magnificent phenomenon with the surrounding nature. And that is why Thailand is so well-known for it's beauties and cultures, which also makes it a famous tourism hotspot. Although the political situation in Thailand remains volatile during the time we visit, there were still tourists everywhere, even outnumber the locals in some places. Furthermore, the warm hospitality offered by the citizens had brought us a lot of joy during our journey.

Another thing is in Thailand you hardly can find a waste-bin. And ironically, I hardly can find any rubbish on the street. It kept me wonder where the Thais throw their rubbish. Furthermore, Thai's food are really cheap, you can buy a nice fried rice within 30 baht, which is less than RM3, and for those shopaholic, Thailand is a perfect shopping paradise for you. You can find anything you want in a cheaper price compare to Malaysia, eg. leather products, silk, handcrafts...There are also a variety of public transport available in Thailand, eg. taxi, bus, tut-tut, song thaew and so on. And their taxis are Toyota Corolla, which are way more luxurious than Malaysian taxis and in reasonable price too.

It was a memorable experience for me and Thailand had offered me a lot of joy, happiness and enjoyment. And definitely, this will not be the last trip for me to Thailand.

After Ayutthaya, we headed to the north by train in a 14 hours journey (the longest journey I have ever had, high risk of DVT) to a city called Chiang Mai. It is a city surrounded by some of the highest mountains in the country. The central of Chiang Mai is known as old city which is surrounded by moat and defensive walled, although it is much destroyed by Burmese and only the main gates and corners of the wall are left today.

Our second stop was Ayutthaya - the historical city of Thailand. Ayutthaya was a Siam Kingdom which existed since 1351 to 1761 until it was overtaken by Sukhotai the current Thai Kingdom. We traveled from Bangkok to Ayutthaya in a 2 hours train. We reached there in the afternoon and was planning to go around the city with bicycle after settle down. However, my stomach didn't do me the favor. I had been having stomach pain since the morning, and had diarrhea a couple of times before get into the train. Thought it will be OK after I reached Ayutthaya, however, it get worse. I had been constantly in and out the toilet soon after i checked in. Therefore, I've burned the whole day, doing nothing, just rest in our guest house. Fortunately, I felt better the next day, consider the fact of time consuming going around the city with bicycle and we have to leave the city in the afternoon, we called for a tut-tut to bring us around 1 hour for 200 baht. (a bit expensive, by the way) Again, most of our tour was visiting temple and the historical sites.