probably e 5th or 6th visit, but will keep coming back =) even e temples of Nikko in Japan cannot match this.

[L-R] temple complex from outside e palace walls along Thanon Sanam Chai; entrance of e bot housing e Emerald Buddha, no photography inside; bot dwarfing e hordes of tourists that pour in after 9+am

[L-R] apsonsi; Phra Siratana Chedi; Phra Mondop, where Buddhist scriptures are stored, framed by pillars of e bot

[L-R] Prasat Phra Thepbidorn; exterior walls of e Phra Mondop; Wat Phra Kaew complex

[L-R] Phra Mondop again; weightlifting?; statues representing e white elephants owned by e Chakri dynasty kings

Wat Phra Kaew detail

scenes from e Ramakien painted on e walls encircling Wat Phra Kaew

e multi-taskers

[L-R] multi-tasker going out to battle; fighting with bows & arrows, spears, swords, tridents & axe; monkeys using someone's tail as a bridge

[L] dental checkup [R] why does this remind me of a whale?

half-bird half-human garudas holding up naga serpents on e exterior walls of e bot

[L-R] meet e red-faced yaksha; yakshas guard e temple compound & keep large pesky tour groups from rampaging through e place; yaksha baking in e sun

[L-R] more yakshas; yaksha butt

[L-R] a PINK prang *faint*; thankfully e only pink one out of several in e temple