Moved up to the city of Lopburi about 50km from Ayutthaya. It’s called the Monkey Town because of the large number of maraques found in the town, mostly around the temples on the traffic island. Aggressive little things they are to. When I got my ticket the seller pressed a packet of sunflower seeds into my hand ‘for the monkeys’. Well I only had it for about 10 seconds before some vicious little brute had it out of my hand. Mugged by a monkey, at least it was only sunflower seeds. I don’t know if there is some festival going on or whether the residents of Lopburi like to party every night, but the palace is heaving with people. There are thousands of lights strung in the tress and around every corner there is some piece of theatre going on, mainly about men with torches and women being carried on chairs. One corner of the park had been turned into a Chelsea flower show experience with loads of ornamental gardens set up, and another part had hundreds of food stalls selling everything you could possibly want. Its all very impressive and very busy and unlike England not a drop of litter to be seen. I was just trying to make my way slowly down a very crowded avenue when it all started moving rather quickly and one man made he way with no problem. Probably the only way to cut through the crowds, on Elephant. One very popular exhibit was a boxing ring where two seven year olds were blindfolded and then put in the ring together. It was a form of Blind Man’s Bluff crossed with beating the hell out of each other. The crowed loved it.