Greetings (again) from Khao San Road.




After dropping Nicholas at preschool, Ying and I spent the morning visiting some famous places in Bangkok. We started by visiting Wat Suthat, which has a large bronze Buddha from the Sukhothai kingdom, the era predating Ayutthaya. We then went to Wat Po, a complex of Buddhist temples, for Thai traditional massages at the Wat Po massage school. The massages were great, and we are planning to go again tomorrow. I walked around the Wat Po reclining Buddha, which is about as long as a football field. I don't have a picture of the reclining Buddha -it's very difficult to get a good picture without special equipment, because the Buddha statue is so big, and the enclosing building is so close to it.





We just had a late lunch at Khao San Road, which included an expensive bottle of water and an inexpensive bottle of beer. For dining enjoyment, Dragonstea Din Tea (the Numa Numa song) and some Hindi film songs were blasted into our heads from nearby loudspeakers. As usual, the food was terrific.

Nicholas is very confident now when we drop him off at preschool. He knows his room and his teachers. He is speaking more and more Thai with his teachers and preschool friends. Soon, there will be no hope of my ever catching up to him.

This Wednesday, we will fly to Hat Yai, in the south of Thailand, for the Songklan water festival.