Wat Pho

 
Across the street to the south of the Grand Palace complex is another very famous maze of chedi, shrines, and statues. This wat is known as Wat Pho.

 
The most famous monument here is this enormous golden Reclining Buddha.

 
This is the back of him, his head resting on two gold cushions. Check out his corkscrew perm!
 
All along the backside of this Buddha is a row of pots, I'd guess about 200 of them. The faithful walk along the row and drop a coin in each one. You can hear the plink-pli-plink-p-pli-plink-plink well before you come around this corner.

 
Some more 20-foot-high guard figures. Nice top hats, guys!

 
There are hundreds of Buddha figures all around Wat Pho, both inside and outside. This is the largest indoor shrine.

 
The number of colorful chedi here was striking.