Phew ! Our second (and last) day in Lopburi draws to a close. It's been a real scorcher today, and walking round the old part of the city under the blazing Sun was quite a challenge. Still, we managed to take in a good measure of the atmosphere of Lopburi. The guidebook is quite right. The close juxtaposition of old and new here is quite amazing. In Angkor, for example, the ruins are located some distance away from the closest town Siem Reap, but here the very ancient and the very modern are squeezed together. Strangely enough, this juxtaposition works very well, lending a quiet charm to Lopburi. We began our day at the fresh produce market or Dtalaat Sot. This was even more impressive than Kanchanaburi's, aided by the fact that we got there at
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