Wat Pho

We took the skytrain and riverboat to Wat Pho in the morning and saw the incredible reclining golden buddha. The building it's housed in is only just slightly bigger than the buddha so it's a little hard to take in (and to photograph) Also I imagined that you'd be able to sit down in there and comtemplate it but it's a strictly walk-through situation.

There are some metal bowls lining the last wall and we paid B20 for a small bowl of tiny coins. The idea is that by putting one coin in each each of the 108 (catch that Lost fans? 108?) so that you will secure a long and happy life. We got a bowl of coins each, just to make sure.

They're re-tiling some of the roof at the Wat and for a small donation we were able to make an inscription on the back of a new tile.










After a late lunch in a cafe just opposite the Wat, we realised we'd missed Grand Palace as the last entry is at 3.30. So that will have to wait for another day. We've decided to stay a bit longer than we planned in Bangkok. Those of you that have been here may not recognise this description, but after Delhi it seems very calm to us! Maybe it has something to do with the oasis of the hotel. Anyway we took the skytrain to Siam, and had a quick look around one of the three malls there - Paragon, it has a good bookshop, but I can't even think about buying a book until some of the ones weighing down our luggage have been read and donated. We bought some tickets to see Avatar at the IMAX on Wednesday afternoon.