My feet in Bangkok, with my sandals from Santorini.

Mike in a Tuk Tuk.

The view from a Tuk Tuk, my favorite form of transportation.

Me in a Tuk Tuk.

Mike at a temple complex during a memorial for Princess Galyani Vadhana.

Thais lined up to pay tribute to the princess.

Central structure in the temple complex.

More people out to pay tribute to the princess. There were a lot of people milling around.

The central temple structure again.

And again, with tons of people.

A portrait of the princess, and visitors.

Mike and the princess.

Vast quantities of garbage, mostly water bottles.

Mike at Khaosan road. I actually have an almost identical picture of myself from five years ago.

Khaosan road -- mostly tourists, backpackers, etc.

Signs on Khaosan road.

Ronald and Mike, making a uniquely Thai pose.

Ronald and I, also making a uniquely Thai pose.

Street vendor on a canal near Khaosan road.

Mike in a boat on the Chao Phraya river.

My foot in a boat on the Chao Phraya river.

A boat similar to ours in the Chao Phraya river. They use big old truck engines as motors, from what I can tell.

Residence on the water in the canals of Bangkok.

Temple in the sun, from a boat in the canal.

Other boats motoring along.

Wat Arun's central prang and surrounding structures in silhouette.

Wat Arun.

The central prang at Wat Arun.

The central prang at Wat Arun -- very tall.

Mike and the central prang at Wat Arun.

Incredible detail on the central prang at Wat Arun.

Wat Arun's central prang is very steep.

Mike climbing at Wat Arun.

The temple complex at Wat Arun, looking East from the central prang.

Looking east from Wat Arun, across the Chao Phraya river toward central Bangkok, the Grand Palace, and Wat Phra Kaew.

Detail near the "summit" of Wat Arun's central prang.

Mike presents: Bangkok!

Mike ringing a bell near the top of the Golden Mount.

The Golden Mount, just out of reach -- closed at the end of the day.