Day 2 - Bangkok

We woke up early and took the river taxi to Wat Po. We saw the giant reclining buddha. It was really large!!!

We walked to the Royal Palace. At the first gate, they said it was closed for Buddha day and a guy with a gun walked up the gate. We walked down the street and eventually found the real entrance. We were not dressed appropriately so I had to rent a sarong to wear. Jeremy walked across the street to buy some bright purple elephant pants. Drew also had to borrow some pants. The entrance fee was more than I had read (350 baht). The emerald Buddha was smaller than I expected. The Royal grounds were large and it was hot. It was quite grand!

After the palace, we took a tuk-tuk to the train station and bought tickets for Ayuthaya. It was a 1 1/2 hour journey. The ticket was 15 baht for adults and 8 for kids. It is a nice train station and the journey was great even though the train is not air conditioned. Once we arrived, we got a tuk-tuk for 3 hours for 700 baht. He drove us around to many temples.

We took the train back to Bangkok and called it a night.