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Baan Kun Phra, Ayutthaya, Central Thailand

If, like me, you are a sucker for
big, old bedrooms with four-poster beds, dark cabinets and antique lamps
balconies overlooking the languid river
lazy, luscious meals shaded from the sun
the sound of bare feet padding on waxed, teak floors
Norah Jones wafting through the shut door
(and anonymous oil portraits, haha)
then you must absolutely stay overnight here if you need a couple of days to see the ayutthaya ruins.

While we whiled the hot afternoon away, there were children laughing-tripping into the river, monks talking among themselves on the opposite bank and some unidentified bird pecking away at the sun-washed floor.

the restaurant had equally tasteful furniture and food. i had the yummiest, most delicate-flavored chicken and galangal in cocounut milk here. and the rice came star-shaped, haha.
plus, just to show the attention to detail here, the shared bathrooms had hot water, a mirror that makes you look thinner (love that!) and free body wash and shampoo. a generous touch for a hostel.

i know that i have a tendency to romanticize things. but this place, well, it really is just so lovely.
(but alright, fine, nobody's perfect. pray na lang that you don't get noisy next-room neighbors.)

++++++++++++

And my Mathilde moment

If he comes in by “shoot the moon”…
And he did, right smack in the middle of the song :-)