This was the Grand Royal Temple to King Rama II, and housed the Emerald Buddha until it was ferried over to the Palace. It was definitly worth the trip, but they no longer allow you to climb to the very top (at 67 meters I am sure it would have had a spectacular view of the river). We read the rules on our ticket this time and learned that we were also not allowed to "dangle any doll" . . . ? (Perhaps something is lost in translation here, or maybe Bangkok truly does have a doll-dangling problem. Kids just don't take care of their toys these days!)
Walking up to the Wat, Ryan and I stopped to take a "touristy" shot of the wooden Thai dancers - the kind where you stick your face through the cut out for a goofy shot. . . luckily our camera didn't go off, b/c as we walked away a woman tried to charge us 40 THB! That is about $1.30 for a picture! We scanned through our pics to prove to the woman we didn't take a picture, then went on our way before we could fall on any other unsuspecting tourist traps (there was a crowd around a fluffy little Thai bunny, but we were betting is was at least 20 baht each time you pet it!)
We have learned quickly that nothing is free in Bangkok!
We headed back across the river for a quick bite and then hopped on the river taxi to bring us home.
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