As I’ve been uploading pictures that Dick has taken (merging media sources!) I have a wider range to select from, so thought I’d share some additional pictures from Monday and Tuesday including more group shots:

At Wat Saimit, the Temple of the Golden Buddha: Lilian, my father, Sandy, my mother, Dick, myself, Ken, and Susan, Lilian’s mother.

The same group, minus me, at Wat Pho, Temple of the Reclining Buddha

Elsewhere at Wat Pho.  The building in the back with the blue tile roof is where the reclining Buddha statue is housed.

At Wat Pho a novice monk takes a Pepsi break in the late morning and makes a phone call.

Lilian and her mother at the Grand Palace

Sandy and Dick pose in front of a hall at the Grand Palace used for state receptions and dinners.  Built during the reign of King Rama V, the first Thai king to visit Europe, you’ll notice that the building is modeled somewhat on Buckingham Palace but his advisors insisted that the building was “too European” and so he had it finished with a Thai-style roof line.

Mom and Ken try ice cream, Thai-style: coconut flavor, small-size scoops, served in a soft bun with evaporated milk and hearts of palm fruit.