23rd November 2008

Woke up to sunshine and warmth!  We made our way to Wat Phra Kaew and the Royal place by Taxi immediately after breakfast.  We then walked through a little food market to the river ferry to get to the reclining Buddha.  We took the river ferry again to Wat Traimit near china town to see the giant golden Buddha but they were building a new temple to house him.  However, there was a small temple next to the new building works, where we were blessed by a nice Buddhist monk and given bracelets made of string.  We then went to the railway station to check on train times etc.  Afterwards we went to the Siam Square shopping area by tuk tuk.  We had dinner there in a Japanese restaurant.   After that we went to Patpong red light district and fake good markets.