We walked towards Wat Phra Kaew and the Grand Palace stopping along the way at the excellent National Museum houses in what was once the palace of Rana V including the gallery of Thai history -archaeology.
Theoretically the royal funeral vehicles were closed to viewing but we saw some funeral chariots outside their building and caught sight of the best protected through the windows.
The National is an excellent museum; not too busy but plentiful and educational containing beautiful Buddha images and sculptures of Hindu gods.
Mongkut (of the 1951 musical The King and I and its 1956 film adaptation, in which he was portrayed by Yul Brynner.)
On to the Grand Palace
What Phra Kaew, attached to the former Royal residence, the Grand Palace houses the Emerald Buddha.
Then a walk to see Wat Pho’s enormous reclining Buddha with the feet depicting the previous lives of Buddha in mother-of-pearl inlay
Enjoyed the stone giants and galleries have f Buddha statues
After so much walking in 32° heat and with worsening air quality we watched the sunset at 1815 and tripped across the road to the unprepossessing Dum Handi Biryani.
Around the world with hand luggage (only) 