Sukhothai, Thailand- 3 days, well make that 4

Sukhothai, Thailand

Our new friends Ben and Denaree suggested we head to Sukhothai and that's just what we did.
It was worth the stop.  We've loved it here, actually ended up staying 2 extra days and taking some down time to read, visit some school children, soak up some rays at the pool, eat, and enjoy hot showers.

Sukhothai was the 2nd capital city after Ayutthaya.  The historic park and temples just topped anything we've seen thus far.  Wowwww!  Hard to imagine what these would have looked like fully constructed and in their glory days.

Tops for us:
• The absolutely amazing historical park and temple grounds. Must see (check out the slideshow also)



Historical Park- Buddhism and Hinduism monuments in Sukhothai Ancient City.  Indicates the flourish of this city between the 13th and 16th century A.D.

 • Our guest house: “4T Guest House”, had everything we wanted and only 400 baht per night (about $13.50), we stayed an extra 2 days just for this and to catch up on reading and some sun and to just pause the "travel button".

4T Guest House in Sukhothai, Thailand, we loved it here

• BIG FUN: and NOT on the map or planned, but this was a real joyous morning.  While out on a morning run, we saw some school children in uniforms all funnelling down a street.  We followed along just to see and found their school.  We headed back, took showers and had breakfast, then ventured over to see if we could learn a little more about their days at school.  Translation was a bit tough, but meeting the children, playing ping pong, some type of jump rope and going into their classrooms for a bit was a real trip.  One class even sounded off together how beautiful Christina was. (and I didn't even set them up or have to pay for that, haahahah)
They also said hello to my nieces Grace and Abbie on video. They'll love that.   Really just a fun day.  It is important to us to look for these type opportunities and be open to getting off the "tourist route", this was a great example for us to remember.  We wanted the trip to not just be a site-seeing tour, we're doing it backpack style so we can try to gain experiences.  Hard to believe but the backpacker circuit is very clearly defined, you can easily find and follow others doing the exact same things and clearly see the tourist trail here.  Although we've not met one person from the USA yet, there are thousands from all over the world doing as we are.

Christina with a gaggle of school children that wanted their pic taken with the "pretty foreigner".

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