What was expected to be an overnight visit to Ayutthaya, turned into 5 wondeful nights and some great experiences. It started with my journey from Bangkok. I caught a cab from Khao San Road to the Northern Bangkok Bus Station. It was 200 baht, which I considered to be fairly expensive, until about 3/4 the way to the bus station you could see boredom and slight frustration of my driver, indicating to me that maybe I got the better end of the deal. The bus station itself was busy, and it looked like i was the only foreigner in the place. As I waited for my bus, I spotted a very odd happening. A blood transfusion? There were two people, in the middle of the bus station, laying on stretchers with tubes coming out of them,
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