Temples - 7 April 2007
THAILAND | Saturday, 7 April 2007 | Views [106]
Wat Arun Ratchawararam.
The breakfast thing seemed to work out, because this morning when I caught the squatter dancing in the foyer she scurried out back to bring me some food. Now that's service!
Breakfast: bowl of rice with vegetables and prawns. The prawns were whole... right down to the whiskers. I was afraid I'd choke and spit a prawn head out on the floor, so after the first one I decided to shell the others. I hid the shell, legs, whiskers, etc under my surplus rice (there was a LOT of food). They asked if I wanted coffee. Does a fish need water? It went really well with the sticky rice for dessert.
I had my free Temple Tour today... got three temples bagged by 10am. A new record? Met a hilarious Singaporean Chinese couple on the tour. Decided to hang around with them and we had a great time. They just couldn't take anything seriously. Got a picture of the Reclining Buddha's rear. The Singaporeans called it the Sleeping Buddha and kept making snoring noises all the way through the temple.
Spot of shopping this afternoon... bought a nice belt (pants demanded it), and a huge coffee with as much sugar, caramel and cream in it as I could handle (that'll teach those pants to demand a belt). Any excuse for air conditioning - it's rather warm today. And it just rained.
And so it ends. Night markets tonight - a few beers - and big air conditioned shopping centres tomorrow - and a few more beers.
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