Bangkok Week 417 June 20, 2016 Tourists in Bangkok for the weekend! View fullsize Celebrating Friday night at Another Hound Cafe in Emporium. View fullsize Found the hound! View fullsize Customers #1 and 2 of Bangkok's new service, Tuk Tuk Hop (coming soon!) View fullsize Our first stop: the Giant Swing. View fullsize And a visit to Wat Suthat, across from the Giant Swing. View fullsize The Wat's entrances were guarded by giant axes. View fullsize One of these Buddhas looks cleaner than the other. View fullsize Posing with one of the skinny horses that guards the centre of the Wat. View fullsize The large Buddha image inside the Wat Suthat Thep Wararam (full name). View fullsize The entire interior of the building was covered with hand-painted images - but entire layers were peeling off. View fullsize Granny and her friend, the fan. View fullsize Next stop: Wat Loha Prasat, a geometrical, multi-tiered temple modelled after two others in India and Sri Lanka. View fullsize Cross-section of the castle-like Wat. View fullsize The detailing in the roof is made of metal. View fullsize The interior, however, looks more European. View fullsize For the first time ever, the black metal is being re-done with gold and colors. Work starting from the top down. View fullsize View of the rest of the temple grounds below. See all the pigeons in the red roof in the mid-ground? View fullsize At the top of the 7-storey spiral staircase is a Buddha relic. View fullsize There was an odd sort of interactive exhibit back on the ground floor. View fullsize Trying to figure out our next destination. View fullsize Back in the tuk tuk! View fullsize Next stop: the Bangkok National Museum - another first for us. View fullsize A large Buddha head discovered in Ayutthaya. View fullsize One of the museum buildings - looks like a Wat. View fullsize Who's this guarding the building? View fullsize The extremely ornate interior - with more Buddha relics on display inside the glass cases. View fullsize A very tall ladder to access the attic storage. View fullsize Golden shutters. View fullsize A bright red house containing many belongings of Queen. View fullsize An ornate Sala. View fullsize A really tall front door! View fullsize Going way back in time; urns used to be used as coffins. View fullsize Chasing down our earlier ancestors. View fullsize A very neat building, which showcases many of the royal "vehicles". This one is for the funeral procession of a royal family member. View fullsize This is what they use to raise up the remains for display in the parade. View fullsize Not sure who she is! View fullsize The ornate coffin of the King's Mother. View fullsize Penultimate stop on the tour: Khao San Road - our fave! View fullsize These 3 elephants stand guard at the southern end of Sanam Luang park. View fullsize The Bangkok City Pillar - which we have somehow not visited until now. View fullsize Final stop of the day (unfortunately not part of the tour) - Finding Dory! View fullsize But only in 3D IMAX, where we look super-cool.
