Grand Palace, Wat Pho, and Wat Arun in Bangkok

Shortly after I posted last night, we headed to the train station and boarded our train.  The sleeper car was packed with people wedged between bunk beds with blue drawn curtains.  We showed the conductor our ticket and he pointed the direction we should go then quickly grabbed the ticket back, again.  He pointed to the date: it was for the following day.  This was not our car, not our train.  We headed back to the ticket office and managed to change our ticket for another train, a non-sleeper that took less time.  

So we arrived in Bangkok this morning t 6:15am after 7 hours of creatively trying to sleep.  We sat in the train station and waited for our friend before getting a pastry and heading to see some of the sights of Bangkok.  First the Great Palace, sparkling in the sun, then Wat Pho with the reclining Buddha. After that we grabbed lunch in an air conditioned restaurant on the pier with wifi and fish and chips before walking through the flower market and taking the ferry across the watr, headed for Wat Arun.  On the way we walked through little alleys of homes, peaking into their everyday lives as people slept on tiny beds or the tiled floors of their livingrooms in the afternoon heat, the tv on and various snacks outside their doors for sale to any tourist that might be passing.  Lots to see in this city.  And we are ready to enjoy our hotel room tonight.