Ayutthaya, ThailandFriday, January 1, 2010
We'd been in Ayutthaya almost 36 hours, and I still hadn't "seen" anything of this fabulous ancient Siamese capital, so we decided on a 2-hour boat tour of the city this afternoon. (Frank did sneak out for a quick bike tour earlier today while A napped--and the ruins are fabulous!)
It's a wonderful thing how when you read to your kids, life starts to imitate literature in funny ways: we're cruising along the river/canal and there, to my delight, was one of those "wise-eyed boats" just like in The Story about Ping. Yes, honestly, the eyes are there, but they're painted on the other end of the boat.
PS: Yes, I know that this wise-eyed boat is for tourists but it is, nevertheless, of the type found in Ping...
