Bangkok October 28 - Nov 2 2005

 

we stayed at the Shangri-La and it was wonderful

views from the window

Dinner at Angelini's

views from the riverside terrace

 

we took a water taxi down the river to the Grand Palace

 

Wat Phra Kaew at the Grand Palace - one of the most fantastic places I've ever seen, maybe THE most

 

in this doorway you can see the figurative and literal jewel of Wat Phra Kaew, it is a 66 cm high Buddha called the Emerald Buddha but it's really jade

 

some details from the Wat Phra Kaew

 

Wat Phra Kaew has a beautiful scale model of Angkor Wat in Cambodia, looking up close it looks like the real thing until you see it against the Wat

 

Tuk tuks are fun!!  The lights go on when the brakes are being applied and when stationary, turn blue...HEY it's a disco!

 

Halloween in a bar

 

Doom....the movie comes

 

masks in a shop

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