A few fairly random pictures from Bangkok today. This was day 3 here in the city. It is becoming more familiar – well in a little way. At least the boats and the sky train have been mastered.
Traditional Thai doorways and window are often wider at the bottom than the top. This isn’t a distortion of the camera lens. This was an entrance to a Temple. (Not sure if that is really the correct word)
Around the edge of the courtyard is a covered walkway
And under that covered walkway are different Buddha images
the inside –
The walls are all painted
Another place we visited had a standing Buddha
I must find out the significance of the hand posture on this one –
The religious buildings have wonderful decorations
We passed this Chinese school
Oh why can’t British ones be so colourful?
I thought the streets in Chinatown were narrow
We walked a little further and I understood what the guidebook meant about narrow streets. Motorbike drove along here!
The way home was via the new overhead railway which is a model of efficiency. You don’t see signs like this on the underground –
Tomorrow it’s off to Koh Samui.
Our little Buddhist centre looks rather pale by comparison. That Buddha statue is in a gesture of fearlessness, the “abhayamudra”.
Oh thank you for the information. Those temples are really very ornate.
Looks very interesting. Enjoy exploring and learning about Thai culture lifestyle. Watch out for the motor bikes in the narrow streets, if they are anything like the motor bikes in China, they are deadly.
Yes the whole traffic system is deadly. I could never drive on these roads.