Thursday, September 25, 2008

2 videos from bangkok

i am trying to keep things in order, but here are 2 videos i forgot to put up from bangkok.

video 1: the grand palace, the biggest wat (temple) in BKK, houses the emerald buddha (very important, you cannot take pictures of it). there are over 100 buildings on the grounds. all the edges of the buildings have bells, which you can hear along with the monks chanting (people go there to worship in the midst of all the tourists).



video 2: the temple of the dawn, wat arun ragwararam. very tall and made of broken pottery mosaics. it is in the midst of a monk village and directly across the river from the grand palace. you can climb almost halfway up these very steep stairs, which provides a great view of the city.


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