Seeing the sites of Bangkok

Follow Liz, Oliver and me and we'll take you around the capital of Thailand...
Ready? Ok...

Starting from our hostel with map in hand, our destination is the Grand Palace. Along the way, we stop to take photos of random Buddha statues...

Thumbs up. Cheese. :)

After avoiding the people who tried to scam us into taking their "special tour," (not fallin' for it, fellas) we've arrived at our destination. Make sure your shoulders are covered and you're not wearing shorts before entering the palace grounds...

"Hi, I'm Dana, and I'll be your tour guide today. Here we have the gorgeous Grand Palace."

Don't mess with this guy.

Next stop: The giant reclining Buddha. And here he is...

From the vantage point of his giant foot.

Walking around the area, we see a school, and a teacher who looks less than thrilled that I'm taking this picture...

Up ahead...is that a Buddhist priest on a cell phone?!?

Yes, indeed it is.

It's well past lunch time now, and we're hungry! So we hop in a tuk tuk (small taxi), headed for China Town to find something to eat...

The tuk tuk driver is smart to wear a mask. Bangkok is not a very clean city.

We're not very impressed with China Town, but we find a mall, where we eat lunch at the food court. Then we take a taxi to the flower market to check that out...

Back at our hostel, it's time to relax before taking a night train to Koh Samui, the last part of our trip. This vacation is flying by!