Weaving the Urban Fabric: Thailand

Since neither Scott or I had a watch, we asked the front desk at the Eagle House 2 to knock on our door at 5:00 am. It sort of worked, just an hour late. We were still able to catch the 8:00 bus to Sukhothai, so it all worked out. The ride took about 5 hours and we were able to find a lovely guest house out of the Lonely Planet called to TR Guest House with an air-conditioned room for 350 Baht. We were both sore and tired so we decided to would take it easy for the rest of the day. We asked the owner for a restaurant recommendation and he decided he would just take us in his car. No one in this place spoke English and fortunately a lot of the menu had pictures, so we ordered Pad Thai, chicken soup and a noodle dish (which I think was local to Sukhothai). It was all very good and really cheap. We spent the rest of the afternoon reading and using the internet on the porch of the guest house.

Then next morning Scott and I were ready to go by 7 am even without an alarm . I guess its because we have been going to bed so early and there doesn't seem to be too much to do here after the sun goes down. For breakfast I tried the famous banana pancakes and Scott had pineapple pancakes.

After breakfast, we took a bus to the Old City Historical Park entrance and decided to rent a moped for the day to see the sites. We rented one from a nearby coffee shop for 140 Baht. Although neither of us had ever driven a moped, it turned out to be pretty easy and and a great way to get around the Historical Park.

After seeing some of the ruins, we found a local street market and decided to have lunch at one of the stands. At the stand we choose, there didn't seem to be any kind of menu and the cook didn't seem to know what to do with two Americans. Finally someone sitting nearby ordered two pork noodle soups for us. It turned out to be absolutely delicious and only 30 Baht total. What a deal!

After lunch we went back to the guest house and decided to catch a bus to Lampang. Once arriving in Lampang we took a shared taxi to the Riverside Guest House, a teak housing with small but adequate rooms. We had dinner at a nice restaurant on the river, bought a watch (finally), and went to the pharmacist for some medicine for the large rash on Scott's leg. Although the pharmacist didn't really speak much English he gave Scott some ointment, so hopefully that will help.