14 days
Here I am back at Ayuthaya again. Starting to feel the travelling fatigue after long rides from Luang Prabang to Vietiane and NongKhai to Bangkok. I missed my border crossing bus from Vietiane to NongKhai and had to spend an extra day and night at the capital city - with only $3 USD! The two Laos cities are not all that cheap. Many people in the travel business (transport especially) will try their very best to knock out every cents from you.
Feeling a tad more comfortable after reaching Thailand, where all the familiar sawatdiikha, xxx-na-kha and 7-11s surround. One thing is that I have pretty much got used to toutings. In places like NongKhai, toutings mean like 20 people chasing after your bus, clogging up the bus entrance shouting at you. And they can get very persistent. In Lao, tuk-tuk drivers are simply unethical.
14 days into my trip: Bangkok - Ayuthaya - Nakhon Ratchasima - Phimai - Vietiane - Luang Prabang - and back to Ayuthaya again. Still thinking of whether I should go Lopburi today or tomorrow. More updates and pictures when I get back to Singapore.