If you’ve spent time in Ayutthaya (about an hour-and-a-half train ride north from Bangkok), you may know that the overnight train going north to Chiang Mai (and various stops along the way) doesn’t pass through until later in the evening. While this makes perfect sense for an overnight train, it means that you’ve got almost an entire day from the time you need to get out of the hostel until you head to the train station. Ayutthaya may not be a city that garners a week-long vacation for most travelers, but if you have the motivation, there are a lot of things you can cram into those 7-8 hours you’ve got on hand.
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