Grand Palace and Wat Pho

If I were to judge the Thai people solely due to visiting their temples, my impression would be that they really like colorful, shiny things. REALLY colorful and shiny. Here's a brief pictorial of the visit.

Facing the temple where the Emerald Buddha is located. The Emerald
Buddha is carved out of a single piece of jade, and is surrounded by
manymany gold-gilded objects. Unfortunately, no pics allowed inside.

See? SHINY.

This one is colorful AND shiny!

Picture of the detailed work on the building. Crazy!

Ancient secret Thai dance moves?

Aw. Elephants!

Yeah, this ends up being pretty impressive.

What is this even supposed to be?!

Giant Reclining Buddha at Wat Pho

Buddha is 141 feet in length!

Basking in the shiny golden lighting

Dropping coins into 108 bronze bowls. It's supposed
to bring good fortune.

Colorful structures in Wat Pho

Every nook and cranny is decorated with
colorful ceramic tile.

Is it me, or does this kind of look like a giant,
multi-tiered, crazy-colored wedding cake?!

Pretty Thai architecture

Lots of stray kitties in Bangkok. This one just
found her lunch.