Wat up!

It's the end of my second day in Bangkok and so far so good. Yesterday I hit up all three big Wats (temples) - the Grand Palace (home of the temple with the Emerald buddah), Wat Pho and Wat Arun. Most people told me it would take two days to do everything, which I found kind of surprising as I felt very fulfilled only spending about 1.5 hours at each place. I think the biggest thing that slows you down is that it is so unbelievably hot that you have to really seek out the shade.
In between the Grand Palace and Wat Pho, I met up with Doug and we took a break to hit up the street vendors. There I got a watermelon smoothie which was the most amazing thing ever. I've been eating a ton of fruit here, especially watermelon, which is incredibly refreshing. It's a must do when you're in Bangkok.
The Wat's are all really spectacular, and the tile on the outside is very ornate with lost of flowers everywhere. I took some pictures, but I know they won't compare to the real deal.
After a day of sighseeing, we went back to the hotel for happy hour and then on to Khoa San Road for a night of people watching. Quite the Bangkok day!

Today we opted to take advantage of our lavish hotel and spent the morning by the pool. This afternoon we finally ventured out only to be caught in a huge rain storm. We eventually took refuge and had lunch at a restaurant named "Take Sit" where the Yellow Curry and Broccoli with Shrimp was delightful although the soup was way too spicy for me. After that we had an hourl ong Thai massage for about $6. Fabooo!

Tomorrow we're off to Kathmandu.