My friend Tony was over here from New York last week. He and I went to Bangkok last weekend and had a great time. We did a lounge crawl of some of the swanky hotels along the river . . The Shangri-la, the Peninsula and the Mandarin. The Peninsula was my favorite -- it was so lush and exotic. The next morning we took a boat tour of the river and canal and then toured the Golden Palace, which had the famous emerald Buddha. Then we went to What Pho, a very old temple with an enormous reclining Buddha. It was really hot, so afterward we trotted back to the hotel and lounged at the pool. Sunday morning we got up and went to the Chatuchak Market, which is this enormous indoor and outdoor market with booths that sell just about anything you can think of. The place had to be a mile long and a half mile wide -- at least. Then back to KL.

Here are the pictures!