Thursday, January 27, 2011

Beautiful Bangkok


 

Wat Pho Buddhist Temple

A royal statue stands on the grounds of Wat Pho temple, Bangkok’s largest and oldest wat.



Chao Phraya River

Diners cruise Bangkok’s Chao Phraya River while feasting on seafood and a sunset view on this luxe boat restaurant. 


Wat Intharavihara

A devotee prays at the 25-foot-tall (7.62-meter) gilded Buddha statue at Bangkok’s Wat Intharavihara.


Tuk-Tuk

The archetypal Bangkok journey is by the loud, three-wheeled tuk-tuk, available anywhere tourists go.



Wat Benchamabophit

Saffron-robed monks enter Wat Benchamabophit, the Marble Temple, one of Bangkok’s less touristed wats.


Cityscape

Bangkok’s expressways, seen here by night. Bangkok was once known as the “Venice of the East” because it was criss-crossed by canals.