By nightfall we arrive at Sukothai. This is another ancient temple city and a former capital of Thailand. We start looking for a camping spot, recommended by other travellers. We find it to be a strange place to put up our tent but then we see a Thai family with two tents on a lawn near a few temples. We ask to put our tent next to theirs, and that’s no problem. Moments later a couple of big trucks and pickups drive up the lawn and start putting up more tents. We turn out to be ended up with a group of funfair worker.

Between the Group

The next morning we go out to see the temples. Unfortunately, there’s little to see without paying an entrance fee but we prefer not to pay due to the dual pricing policy Thailand. We pass a market located just behind a side entrance of the temple complex. Kevin asks the man at the register if we are allowed to go to the market. We say we’re not interested in visiting the temples and to our surprise he allows us in. Sukothai is really a beautiful temple complex. The temples are reasonably well preserved with more temples and less pagodas. The city wall is a joke though, just a mound of earth around the city.

The City wall and the Temples

In the afternoon we help the funfair workers setting up the attractions. It all seems so be a little amateurish at times…we wouldn’t want to sit in it. In the evening the boss invites us at his camper for dinner and thanks us for all the help today with some got food and beer. He also gives us a fan for in our tent, which is very welcome. After waking up, we break up our tent and we are again invited to have breakfast with them.

Sukothai

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