Wrap up

Friday Jane and I woke up early to visit Wat Po for Songkran. I haven't had very many moments of true awe in my life, but standing below the reclining Buddha had me dumbstruck and giggly. I remember very vividly being fascinated with it in Mrs. Watson's 5th grade Social Studies class. Don't know why, maybe just overwhelmed by it's mass. And then there I was, standing below it, craning my neck straight back to look up at the image of Buddha, sated, passing into nirvana, at the very spot that had grabbed my imagination nearly 23 years ago!

After Wat Po, we took a cruise around the Klongs, which is essentially Bangkok's version of Venice. Took lots of pictures which better describe the surroundings than words can.

Saturday we headed out a couple of hours outside of Bangkok to visit the floating markets and ride elephants. The floating markets were basically a gigantic tourist trap and not at all like the photos I had seen. Lots of touristy knickknacks and such. The elephants were a lot of fun, especially feeding the baby. --A "baby" that was a good foot taller than me.

So many photos to put up. I'll get to all of this later.