More Bangkok

Hello friends, I visited the National Museum this morning and spent several hours there. I've officially seen as many Buddha images as I can handle: sitting buddha, standing buddha, reclining buddha, fat buddha, teaching buddha, meditating buddha, instructing buddha, etc. I'm going to see one final buddha in Chinatown this afternoon that is 3 meters high and solid gold. Then I renounce looking at more images of buddha.
I've been thinking a lot about transportation lately. Not a very sexy topic, I know. At home, I take ease of transport very much for granted. With a car, cheap fuel and good roads, I can get myself anywhere, at virtually any time. To know me is to know I hate to commute and I hate traffic. I really do. But the truth is, it's a real privilege to be able to get oneself from point A to point B in order to earn a living.
I talked with my grandparents on the phone the other day and my grandmother asked me "how do you find all these places you go to and how do you get around?" I think this is a question others may have also, so I will answer it in the public domain. Most of the places I visit are in a guidebook on a map. When they aren't, I consult the internets. I use buses or trains to travel between cities. Most of the places I've been, the sights are in walking distance of most of the guesthouses. In a city like Bangkok, I get around using the sky train and river boat taxi. I also walk a lot. I've been walking to get around so much that getting in a private car is quite a novelty. I had to take a taxi to the bus station yesterday and it was so nice to go straight from one spot to another without having to move.
I hope you are all well.
Enjoy the blogs while you can, they will soon be in short supply!
Lauren