A temple visit or two

We arose reasonably early this morning and after a hearty breakfast headed out to see some sights in BKK. Our first stop was The Grand Palace (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Palace). Very interesting place with lots of strange statutes and temples, and a lot of gold leaf.


Oh and by the way, the trousers are not mine; they were compulsory for those of us with exposed lower legs. Alan was not allowed to wear his tights either.

Next we went to Wat Pho (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Pho), The Temple of the Reclining Buddha. Dead on. Quite a few sort of peculiar customs in these temples. They make you take your shoes and hat off, then you spot a security dude sitting in the corner watching the TV! Strange place.

We walked (a fair distance) back to the hotel about lunch time and spent some of the afternoon in the pool. We went out again and got some dinner off the side of the road. Quite tasty actually. Connor then thought it would be a good idea to go and see another temple at night. After about half an hour's walking and a boat ride we arrived at it to find it was shut. However, the journey was not entirely wasted as I think he got a couple of nice night photos. We got back to the hotel via a "Tuc Tuc" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuc_tuc). Four of us crammed in the back of that was good steam.


And finally, the hair-do. It seems to have sparked some reactions. Got it fixed up a wee bit more tonight and, after sleeping on it last night it's sticking out a little bit less. When it grows a bit it will stick out even less. I liked your suggestion about the tongue piercing Uncle Michael. I might look into that one.

J