11-15 (Wednesday)

We had the breakfast buffet at the hotel then went out to try to set up a tour to Sukhothai which was the ancient capital of Thailand around 1238. It is now a UNESCO designated World Heritage site, one of many that we have seen on this trip including the Plain of Jars and Luang Prabang. We found a tourist information center where we got several pamplets and were told to go "that way." "That way" in the heat was long and hard but after much walking and asking we finally got "there" only to find out that the boats we wanted to take didn't go to Sukhothai unless there were 10 passengers and that the trolley for the city tour was already booked and we couldn't get on until the next day. Bummer.

We walked back the way we had come and had lunch. It was so hot that we went back to the hotel to rest until it was cooler. What was I saying yesterday about it being cooler than Bali? NOT. That was yesterday, this is today.

We went back out tonight after it cooled down. We walked near the Nan River - the birds were so loud you could hardly hear anything else. I asked some woman about it. She said they have come back to those same spots (trees, buildings etc) for years and years.

We walked across the bridge and ate dinner at a restaurant that was right on the water. Afterwards we walked to the Riverside Hotel (a very fancy place) to use their toi-let. Finally it was back to the Night Bazaar for more looking and another massage.

These last couple of weeks we have laughed so long and so hard over the silliest things: our nightmares, a word or phrase etc.