Wat Phra Chetuphon

This truly is “The city where anything goes but the traffic”. There were a number of times that, had we known where we were going, walking would have been MUCH faster. Fortunately, the metro/subway is pretty easy to figure out so we used it whenever it was possible – even took it to the end of the various lines and THEN caught a taxi. That way we didn’t have as long to sit in the things – though the air conditioning was kinda nice.
We spent one day out visiting some famous temples. At Wat Phra Chetuphon or “Wat Pho” as the gaijin tend to say, we saw the famous "Reclining Buddha" a 150 foot long, gold-leafed Buddha who has just reached nirvana. I have seen pictures of it but never realized how truly HUGE it is. The feet of the Buddha (15 feet tall) are covered with mother-of-pearl designs, portraying “108 auspicious scenes”. Please, don't ask me what "auspicious scenes" are. I can't figure it out.