Ayuttaya-the former capital of Thailand

Our first journey within Thailand led us from Bangkok to Ayuttaya, the former capital. At 7 a.m. we took a train which only cost us 20 baht in third class (=40 euro cents) for a 1,5 hour ride. The trains here are like in a typical reportage about India. The trains are more than full so that the people even have to sit in the entrance area (doors being open throughout the ride) and in the train all kind of people want to sell food and other stuff like on a market. When we finally arrived we had to take a little ferry to Ayuttaya center because its an island which is surrounded by rivers (seem to be a little dangerous because we saw some aligator kind animals-however the Thais either do not know about them or are really into that re-incarnation stuff because they swim and bathe in there). Once we arrived safely we looked for a hostel and also found one which was really good. The first thing we did was eating breakfast which we didn't made to accomplish in Bangkok. After that we rented a bike with two girls we met and cycled over the island looking at ruins of temples, big elephants, and some temples from today hosting humangous golden buddhas. In the afternoon we took a boat trip on the rivers looking at some more temples (all looking similar) and visiting the night market - a place where you can buy foods and other stuff. It seems like the Thais always go out to eat because you find all sorts of stands selling different food looking either to be wanna eaten or to be not wanna eaten. After we walked home through the dark and dirty roads we had a beer or two and went very tired to bed...Sorry for the typing errors but the keyboards here look really wierd and different.