Sukhothai!

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Between my time in Mae Sot and Empty Space my friend Jessica and I decided to give ourselves a break from the stress of school and research and such. We decided to go to Sukhothai and I have to say it was totally worth the trip. (Even though the trip was only a day long.) It was about a three hour bus ride but I have never minded traveling. It's strange, even after seven hours in a bus part of me still wishes I could stay in that state of transition idefinentally.

The town of Sukhothai was a little bit of a surprise after Mae Sot. It wasn't much to look at, very touristy but very smiley in typical Thai style. It was odd to be somewhere so touristy after two weeks in a town that given was full of forigners, but not tourists as we tend to think of them. The ruins, however, where breathtaking and the multitude of Buddhas was a little bit overwhelming. As Jessica climb ruins with great dicression in attempt to avoid the watchful eyes of the local athorities I was interviewed by not one but four awkward 15 year old school groups. Each asked me the same questions so by the end of the interview process I was The Great Chinese Greta from Argentina who liked juice and white tigers but disliked bug bites. It was quite the day! Lots of fun to say the least. When I visit ruins I always marvel at how long the statues have stood in that place and how many people and things they had stood witness to. I get a similar feeling to that of sitting below a very old tree, that my own existence in that moment is such a miniscule thing compared to everything that those stone walls and tree branches have witnessed.

I highly recommend the trip to anyone who has a little spare time in Thailand. Sure, it's touristy, but it's touristy for a reason. Stunning!