Bangkok from our hotel room - on a relatively clear morning
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Bangkok from our hotel room - I think. It's hard to tell.
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Bayoke Sky 2 (our hotel in Bangkok) - we were on the 56th floor
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Wat Phra Kaeo - Royal Temple in Bangkok
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Wat Phra Kaeo
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Wat Phra Kaeo - Two Yaksha Demons guarding the Emerald Buddha from evil spirits
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Wat Phra Kaeo
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Wat Phra Kaeo - murals of the Ramayana - it went on for over a kilometer around the temple
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The Bot (main temple building) at Wat Phra Kaeo with a Yaksha Demon in the foreground
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Phra Mondop at Wat Phra Kaeo
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Wat Phra Kaeo and another Yaksha guard
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Wat Phra Kaeo
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Wat Phra Kaeo
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Wat Phra Kaeo - a scale model of Angkor Wat in Cambodia
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Wat Phra Kaeo
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A chedi in Wat Phra Kaeo
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Mythical demons - converted to Buddhism - holding up the chedi in Wat Phra Kaeo
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Wat Phra Kaeo
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The Reclining Buddha in Wat Pho
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Reclining Buddha's soles (see detail in next photo)
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Mother of Pearl designs on reclining Buddha's soles
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Spires at Wat Pho
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Memorial Spires Wat Pho
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Memorial Spire at Wat Pho
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The Golden Buddha at Wat Pho
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More Spires at Wat Pho
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Ekvara, Lon and Wendy with Thai puppet
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Us with a Thai Puppet
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Lon and an enamored Thai Princess (can you blame the poor girl?)
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Wendy with a Princess and a Demon (each whispering advice in her ears?)
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