Monday, March 23, 2009

Ayuthaya - Wat Chai Wattanaram













We saved the best for last - Wat Chai Wattanaram was terribly cool.  It was very intact (perhaps it was less ruined for being across the river?) and almost no one was there with us - we pretty much had the place to ourselves.  Very easy to imagine how it might have been, but the sinking ground still made for some interesting gateways and angles.  Ruined buddhas as is the norm in Ayuthaya, but some still had detail you could see.  And you could really start to imagine the fires that were hot enough to turn some bricks to glass.  Well kept lawns to finish the effect.  Stunning.  Posting all the pictures at once so you can get the full effect of walking through the complex.

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