Buddha in the three

I guess all what it really is, is a coincident by nature. After beeing a great city for centuries, Ayutthaya was destroyed by the Burmese about 250 years ago, and then deserted and left for nature to deal with it. Threes are growing, and this three didn't care about the fact that it was a Buddha head it is way. So that is how the Buddha in the three was created.

Today it has become a tourist attractions. The 20 minutes we spent next to it was shared by a couple of hundreds japanese, german and thai tourists. But still, I believe it is has something peacefull, like a humble attitude. It might be the smile of the Buddha, it might be the way the three encapture the head - the head is lying on the lap of the the three - and the colors of the Buddha that is almost excactly the same as the three itself. It is just nice.

Yesterday I was visiting Ayutthaya together with Marit's three oldest children, two teachers from the Norwegian school run by the missionaries in Mukdahan, and one more pupil from the school (Ida Marie). We reached Ayutthaya by a crowded train, and visited just a few of the sites the ancient capital has to offer. The kids made drawings of the Buddha in the three and learned about the history of the city. But the main intention of the day was to have fun, and I believe it was a success for all of us. The kids were playing in the threes close to the ruins, and Oen borrowd a bicycle taxi when the driver was not there for a moment.

Before we went back to Bangkok, we dropped by the royal summer palace - a European style palace area (a mix of all kind of European arcitecture).

This day I got to be a real uncle for the kids :)