Ayutthaya, ThailandThursday, December 31, 2009
We have arrived in our new guest house here in Ayutthaya on this last day of the year. The place was in a flurry of activity when we arrived (at 7am from the night train), the proprietress having just returned from the temple with garlands and other flowers for the shrine at the guest house. Then a feast was laid out at the base of the shrine, each item adorned with a pink incense stick, ostensibly to attract the attention of the gods.
We have arrived in our new guest house here in Ayutthaya on this last day of the year. The place was in a flurry of activity when we arrived (at 7am from the night train), the proprietress having just returned from the temple with garlands and other flowers for the shrine at the guest house. Then a feast was laid out at the base of the shrine, each item adorned with a pink incense stick, ostensibly to attract the attention of the gods.
