After our visit to the Royal Palace,  we took  the “ferry”, a long tail boat,  across the river and through some of the canals on the other side of the River.   Along these canals are many private homes,  some communities of families who have lived there 200 years.   We passed many wat, or temples also.  

In reality, many homes are very modest

This 200 year old neighborhood had converted some homes to cafes and is very popular to visit

We saw 3 water Monitor lizards,  from tiny, to 2 meters long!

Our ferry ride ended back in the river,  at the Arun temple across from the Royal palace

We had a lunch stop for Pad Thai. a pork dish,  and Mango sticky rice,  my favorite dessert.   with mango smoothie and iced coffee.   The temperature got up to 95° F , so the AC and cool dessert were refreshing

We were sitting close to some university students and I discovered they are studying Medical Technology!  I asked if we could get a picture together!

We finished the day at the Golden mountain.   it is a wat at the top of 344 steps!  Emmett was brave enough to go to the top,  but for me,  at 95° , it was toooo much!

The wat and Buddha and the View from the top

I like the sound of Buddhism better than the sounds of Islam