Bangkok Week 2 July 10, 2008 Some sightseeing (not too many photos-- don't want to spoil your visit!) and other wanderings around the city. View fullsize We took a Tuk Tuk to get to the famous sights. View fullsize My first (and last?) Tuk Tuk ride! View fullsize A much more frightening experience than I'd anticipated! View fullsize A yoh-yaag at the Grand Palace. View fullsize More Grand Palace grandeur. View fullsize Bling bling. View fullsize Phra Siratana Chedi behind Phra Mondop View fullsize Something ornate. View fullsize On the count of 3... View fullsize A boy's lighting incense outside the temple. View fullsize Slightly different colors. View fullsize He *thinks* he's found a hiding spot... View fullsize Okay, which is more imposing? View fullsize The hall used to receive foreign ambassadors and honor other Heads of State, and some broccoli trees. View fullsize Our umbrella. View fullsize An iced tea break, lest we collapse in the sun. View fullsize The famed Reclining Buddha at Wat Po. You've probably seen this picture before. View fullsize The back of Buddha... still reclining. View fullsize More Wat Po architecture. View fullsize More Wat Po, with an obstruction in the foreground. View fullsize Roof tiles or snake scales? View fullsize Group shot! View fullsize Wouldn't want to land on this temple... View fullsize I wasn't the only snap-happy fool there... View fullsize Pick your poison. View fullsize A block of the flower market. View fullsize Suankularb, Ton's high school. View fullsize The tap water canal!? View fullsize Granny pants, anyone? View fullsize We found a squash court! View fullsize It squashed me. View fullsize Then we found Jess and her aunt! View fullsize And some fluffy desserts. View fullsize Tropical fish! (Some like to call them dragon fruit.) View fullsize A typical sidewalk. View fullsize Gulati's second job! View fullsize A famous restaurant to which we have yet to go. View fullsize Still more Bkk traffic. View fullsize A park in the middle of it all. View fullsize With a lake in which I wouldn't swim. View fullsize And some art students. View fullsize Have I mentioned that Mondays are yellow? View fullsize The aisle contained light bulbs... View fullsize Say what? View fullsize The holy grail of ice cream. View fullsize How to jog in 40-degree weather. View fullsize In front of the lake at Lumphini Park. View fullsize More tropical haven in the city. View fullsize This man was not fazed by the large reptilian fellow creeping by. View fullsize An elephant family in the clearing. View fullsize Resting after a lap around the park. View fullsize The famed beer garden... View fullsize ... at the Suan-Lum Night Bazaar. View fullsize Riding the subway for the first time! View fullsize In the (clean!) subway. View fullsize The "proximity token" used on the subway. You tap it near a sensor.
