Bangkok, Thailand

Welcome to Bangkok, Thailand.

This statue is of the hindu god Ganesh. He is the elephant headed God who can remove obstacles.

Many streets are made of water. Floors of the buildings wax and wean with the tides. Some floors are under water, yet people are still cooking and doing their laundry.

Where in the world is Herby's girlfriend? I think we have a lead.

Even Ronald MCDonald is culturally diverse. This Thai greeting is referred to as the wai.

This gesture comes from Buddhism with the palms together and slight bow.

Crusin' the city in a tuk tuk.

One of the fun things we noticed is how they color coordinate the groups of children who are touring the sites.

The Wat Indrawihan (standing Buddha) measures 105 feet tall.

The burning of incense is intended as a sacrificial offering to various deities (or Gods) to serve as an aide in prayer.

Individual sticks of incense are then vertically placed into individual censers located in front of the statues or plaques either singularly or in threes, depending on the status of the deity.

The Wat Pho (or reclining Buddha) is one of the largest and oldest wats in Bangkok.

The Wat Pho Buddha statue is made of wood and covered with gold plating. The eyes and feet are inlaid with mother of pearl.

It's so nice of them to let us know.

The large grounds of Wat Pho contain more than 1000 Buddha images in total.

They love their Buddha's.

Scaled model of a Cambodian temple - Angkor Wat.

Gold painted on the tapestry telling a story about the monkeys fighting against the humans.

Thai guard

You travel many places by boat. So, you have boat kiosks! Little boats float toward larger tourists boats selling, drinks, trinkets, food, and beer.

Coasting the Bangkok canals.

Bang Pa-In Palace - visiting ancient ruins of famous Buddhist temples of Ayutthaya (formor capital of Thailand).

lots of stairs

Looking down on Bangkok

Poot thai mai dai krup! ( translation - I can not speak Thai) The only phrase Matt learned before his conference in Bangkok. He went a few days early to play tourist and grabbed a few colleagues for site seeing and Thai fun. One thing he has learned to appreciate is owning a vehicle.