Day 3

Day 3,

1st flight of stair Temple of Dawn

Long tail boat ride to the temple and through the cannels, we started with a trip down the main river Chao Phraya River.  There are many vendor looking to sell trips on the river all seem to be the same price but all did not have an English speaking guide which explained a lot about the culture of the people.  These boats are amazing and fast they are skinny and long will try to get some pictures of them for you to see . The river is very busy and there are alto of boat traffic not only long boats but barges and boats used are ferries to get the people across the river, otherwise you need to climb alto of stair and walk across the bridge. The main stop was Wat Arun Rajwararam, The Temple of Dawn,  It is an amazing temple that was dedicated to the 2nd reign of Chakkri Dynasty.  It has many steep stairs, I made up one landing, Michael was braver and continued up.  After visiting the temple we took a tour of the cannels on our long boat,  during one stop local came up to the boat to sell items, most items are under $10.00 and they are not unique alot of the vendors sell the same things.   We saw alot of local people fishing in the cannels from their homes or docks .  Most of the docks are weathered and are rotting-out. These channels are protected by locks in case of flooding from the main river.  And this trip which was about 2 hours We decided to go back and finish at the Aquarium..   Haven't yet acquired a taste for the local fair.  Tomorrow we are going to go to the weekend market which is supposed to be very large.  bye

Dock leading to a house

feeding fish at Wat Arun

House

Long boat on Chao Phraya River

Looking to the top of the temple

Temple of Dawn

Wat Arun Rajwararan