Reclining Buddha, Bangkok

Just a quick update on our arrival in Bangkok and our temple tour.  We are with a different tour operator and enjoying a three day overview of the city.  Today started with a tour of the 3 main temple sites in Bangkok.  With Coronation Day coming up on Saturday, and many, many Rotarians descending into the city in the next day or so, it was important to see the temples today - even though it was 36C temperatures! Wow!

Anyway, the highlight for me was the Reclining Buddha.  He is 46 meters long and simply immense.  He is covered in gold leaf and a truly amazing sight.  Here are a couple of snaps of what we saw.  Clearly, it was hard to get it all in, in one picture!

 

This is the head section....

 This is the whole body...well almost...I've missed off the feet!

  And here are some Chedis, constructed to commemorate the kings - there are many more around the site, all beautifully inlaid with coloured glass and pretty carvings.  

All for now about the temples.  Off to the Floating Market tomorrow - and possibly an elephant ride!