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The Emerald Buddha, Bangkok (Aug.10) Best viewed in 1024x768 screen resolution size. |
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| Me and Jurairat in a Tuk-Tuk, on the way to see the Grand Palace and The 'true' Emerald Buddha. |
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| This shrine in the background is 3-4 stories high and completely covered in gold...yes bye. |
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| These dudes are called: "Yaa" (?). He has 10 faces and 20 arms, and are the protectors of the Palace, King and Thailand in Thai legend. |
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| Previous pictures of the 'Emerald Buddha' (Chiang Rai) (click here) I was allowed to take photographs of... but not here. This is the true Emerald Buddha's home. No pictures allowed of the actual Buddha (inside), but this is the outside wall, a work of art in itself. |
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| Again, this is outside the Emerald Buddha's shrine, Grand Palace, Bangkok. Me and Jurairat. |
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| Outside Shrine of the true Emerald Buddha. This huge urn of holy water is for worshipers to bless themselves outside the shrine. This gentleman nearly had a shower. You take a flower, dip it into the water and tap your head or your friend's head with the water... sweeeet |
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| More crazy artistic buildings and shrines... eit |
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| ...aaaand another with the "Yaa"... the protector of the Palace... |
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| Teacher Jurairat at the Grand Palace. |
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| On the walk to the Grand Palace... |
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| ahhhhhhhhhhhh UUge. |
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| Crazy artwork found in every nook and cranny of every building in the place. |
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| Jurairat showing me how to properly wear my bandana. ha. Looks better on her. |
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| Leaving the Grand Palace grounds. |
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| On the way to a few museums we passed through a huge park/grounds (the center of Bangkok), where these dancers were on stage ganne cracked. Beaudy costumes. |
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| At a beautiful Wat (temple) near the Palace, Jurairat wanted to salute/worship/pray to Buddha. The process took around 20 minutes, and there were many people there. |
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| We then went to a Museum where one of the exibits was on "Ganesha", the Thai God of Arts - my fave... beaudy |
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| Me and the true "Big G". |
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| Elephant tree in the Topiary on the grounds of the museum. |
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| Jurairat told me that this is: "Big Bird", the Thai messenger/God who carries women's souls to heaven. The Western reference to "Big Bird" I decided to leave out of the conversation at that moment in time... |
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| This shot was a picture taken of an area behind part of the museum that almost no one sees... huge line of old cannons ammo included. :) |
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