First stop in Thailand- Bangkok!

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Street Vendor	Typical street with shops and vendors near my hotel	The 6-story standing buddha
Base of the standing buddha	Buddha in a nearby temple	View from the Golden Mount Temple
Me at the Golden Mount	View from Golden Mount with air pollution	Democracy monument & traffic circle
A sudden downpour from the porch of my hotel	Lots of standing water	After the downpour
Longboat on river in front of new bridge	Powerful longboats	Longboats
Lots of cats and dogs everywhere!	Buddha shop	Temples at the Grand Palace
Lots of people at the Grand Palace	Spires of the temples in the Grand Palace	Me in front of the Grand Palace
Statue of the hermit doctor- the father of Thai herbal medicine	Lotuses (Loti?)	Bangkok_025.JPG
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Touching up the 178 murals that depict the Indian epic of Ramakien	Godlight over the Phra Sri Ratana Chedi pagoda, which enshrines relics of Lord Buddha	Detail of the library
The Phra Mondhop- library that houses Buddhist scriptures	Bangkok_033.JPG	Detail of the library
Golden Chedis with mythical creatures	Monkey guardians	Bangkok_037.JPG
Closup of the mythical monkey guards	Temple of the Emerald Buddha	A glimpse of the Emerald Buddha- the most revered buddha in Thailand
Throngs at the Royal Chapel of the Emerald Buddha	Worshipers outside the Royal Chapel of the Emerald Buddha	Placing incense
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Bangkok_056.JPG	Wat Pho	Me beside the guardian at Wat Pho
Reclining buddha- the largest in Thailand	Reclining buddha	No shoes allowed in the temple!
Me and the toes of the reclining buddha	Me with the reclining buddha	Reclining buddha
Jessie and Bill from Mass.	Is he ticklish?	Drop coins for good luck...
Wat Pho	A temple at Wat Pho	Standing room only on the ferry- but special accomodations for monks!
On the Chao Phraya River that runs through Bangkok	Buddhist monk giving blessings	Wat Arun
On the ferry- don't fall off!	Longboat	Longboat
Bill and Jessie	Dinner and beers	Good thing about air pollution- nice sunsets!
Kitty in my hotel	My hotel- 500 baht a day includes a bathroom with hot water and AC!	My street- Ram Buttri in Banglampoo district
Further up my street Ram buttri	Tuk tuk in front of a restaurant	Canal near my hotel
The Thai love their King!	Buddhist temple	Monks near a temple
Chinatown- electronics grotto. Need your model helicopter fixed?	Dinner cruise boat	Me sterilizing water in my room with Steripen (c)
Another rider - Tony from England	We decided to ride around Bangkok	The skytrain
The pedal on Tony's rental bike falls off! There was no bolt holding it on.	He had to take a tuk tuk back to the shop	Efficient use of space... (look closely)

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