Bangkok in 8 hours or less. We did stop to eat.

This morning it is the speed tour of Bangkok. We only have 12 hours of daylight here and we slept through the first four. So in 8 hours we saw the Grand Palace, the Emerald Bhudda, the Reclining Bhudda (His feet were 9 feet tall and his head 45 feet tall), Wat Arun and a tour of the river front on a water taxi. The steps up to the top of Wat Arun were as steep as any wall. Actually the incline was anti vertical. We hung on with both hands and cheered for people behind us who made it to the top as frightened as we were. A few people were down right giddy with relief when we got back to terra firma. The view was spectacular. The Wat was in Thai fashion covered with tiles, mosaics, sculptures, mirrors, gold leaf, pom poms and barb wire. Just about every fashion of decorations was used. Gloriously decoriusly over the top.

Did we mention the humidity? The moisture will be on our clothes and stinking up our duffle bags for the rest of the trip. It was well worth it. Now we're out to experience Bangkok in the dark. We're averaging about 200 pictures an hour and we need more camera batteries before we get to Nepal where we won't be resting much either.

And we want to thank the nice woman at the computer center who helped us post these pictures. This is a learning experience on the road. Hopefully there will be helpful people in Nepal.