Just a short photo post this time. I’ve sorted through the photos I took of Sukhothai, which we visited in early January prior to our friends’ wedding as part of a tour of the area around Nakhon Sawan. Apparently Sukhothai was once Thailand’s capital. The drive there was long, and delayed for two hours at one point by our well-meaning tour guide who assumed we’d want to visit a simply adorable fabric museum and workshop which his relatives only had a teeny-tiny business interest in.

We arrived safely (after praying for our lives most of the way; minibus drivers don’t mess around in Thailand) and spent a couple of hours riding bikes around the temples and taking in the sights. It wasn’t a great day for photos unfortunately, but I tried to make the best of what we had.

One of the larger central temples in Sukhothai

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A different angle on the central temples

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It looked like porous volcanic rock made up much of the construction material

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There were plenty of pigeons enjoying the ruins

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The ruins were broken up by moats and other water features bordered by trees

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Low angle on the temples

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This statue was easily 20 feet tall – there were plenty larger

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There were plenty of beautiful relief carvings that have survived

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We saw these in a number of locations across SE Asia – little piles of rocks which I assume are tourists’ cairns

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Look at these tourists! From left: Sam, Mitch, Kung, V, Alice and Robin

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Nice view of a stupa across one of the moats

I’m planning to get photos from Vang Vieng up within a couple of days, but hopefully you’ve enjoyed this little set in the meantime.

More photos

• View part 9 of my photos from South-East Asia
• View part 7 of my photos from South-East Asia
• View part 6 of my photos from South-East Asia
• View part 5 of my photos from South-East Asia
• View part 4 of my photos from South-East Asia
• View part 3 of my photos from South-East Asia
• View part 2 of my photos from South-East Asia
• View part 1 of my photos from South-East Asia