Photos of Ayutthaya

Today our school took us on a field trip to Ayutthaya, the longest capital of Thailand (although at the time it was technically a Siamese kingdom). The kingdom existed from 1351 to 1767 until it was invaded by the Burmese. In fact, most of Ayutthaya's history seems to relate to staving off Burma's attacks. We saw a lot of temples, ruins and monks, including the female version of a monk, who is technically called a Buddhist nun (she was an American, originally from New Jersey).

Due to my time constraints, this is going to be a picture post. Enjoy!