Took me a long time to get this photo without cars in it, long live the Queen.
I clearly did not go to smart school...
A market can be anywhere really, just need a few inches.
I do not want this guy job.
Believe it or not it's the inside of a shopping center.
Entrance to a alley market/ collection of tiny shops in an alley.
He looks happy enough with braces, come and be happy too!
Welcome to the reclining Buddha temple. Make yourself at home, I'll keep an eye on you...
These are donation/prayer pots, you get a little tin bowl filled with one satang coins ( 1 cent sort of) and drop one in each pot. Not familiar with how it works beyond that but I can share that the sound of coins being dropped in a row in an empty temple is something I shall not forget anytime soon.
I knew the statue was going to be big but I was still impressed.
The feet are decorated with mother of pearl. Remember never to point your feet at any Buddha statue or Thai person, very disrespectful.
Even His back shines, those sculptors really paid attention to detail. Don't forget to visit the statue when you go to Bangkok.
Wat Pho is located about 1km away from the Grand Palace. It's famous for its reclining Buddha. It's probably the biggest statue I ever saw. However I spent over one hour taking photos of the temples statues and... cats. Don't worry I won't show all the pictures I took, just a few. The Buddha photos will be here tomorrow if blogger stops saying 'bad request' when I try to upload them.
Wat Pho also includes a nice Thai massage school. The streets around the temple are full of oil massages and other material. It's a interesting experience for your nose.
notice the little black cat on the left corner. when I first looked at the statue it scared me, then I saw the cat and relaxed.
I want his life. Look at that peace of mind...
Entrance. A relaxed statue welcomes us.
All over the palace and temple there are statues, literally all corners and plants had one or two.
These reminded me of India a lot.
I personally prefer 'the guardians'.
Yep, those are some big statues... If you go and visit take lots of water, the place is bigger than it looks. I ended up having to get my head wet and sit in the shade every chance I got. All afternoon in there and there were two places with shade...
A two-in-one shot, two guardians together. The poor human guards cant move or talk. I asked him to blink once if I could take a photo...
It's hard to miss the Palace and the temple (it's inside the Palace's grounds) but somehow it had eluded me so far.
Believe it or not I forgot to ask how long it took them to build the place.
A lot of people call it the Golden temple. I think you can easily understand that.
It's always full of tourists, for some photos I had to wait a few minutes or reshoot a few times in order not to get some blonde in it. Don't get frustrated, see it as an opportunity to really find the perfect angle. 
Most of all I enjoyed the statues, tomorrow's post will be dedicated to statues and other 'creatures' I met at the compound.
And the palace...
When I grow up I want an entrance just like that one.
Even with two visits I still didn't see everything there is to see. I was sort of hopping for more American artists such as Edward Hopper but those are either in New York or Chicago.
Besides the museum's collection there were 5 or 6 temporary exibits, how can one see everything?
The art of power.
Not everyone can keep up...
It's part of the National Gallery of art museum and sits right in front of the US Archives, the little lake helps a lot of turists deal with the heat. I know there is another sculpture garden far bigger than this one but I haven't seen it yet.
