Today was brutal - let's just get that out there to start with. It wasn't cooler today, it was hotter. Got up okay to have breakfast and meet my tour guide for 7am. We took a taxi to the train station and got the train to Ayutthaya, which is the ancient capital of Thailand. We were in 3rd class seats and the train was fairly old and grotty, but it was cool as we were sat by the open window and the carriage fan. The journey took an hour, so we were there by about...

Getting here was a little fraught - the signage in Bali Airport is not the greatest in the world and the transfer dropped me about as far away from where I needed to be as possible - which was distinctly unhelpful!! Anyway, finally got myself to the right place, got stung for a "Departure tax" I knew nothing about (right up there with my "Visa on Arrival" which cost me US$25!!) which was 40 Rupiah and all the signs said, "Must be paid in Rupiah" which was an issu...