We're falling in love with Thailand, and India is partially to blame.  Like Newley said, it may be that our trip will end up being defined as pre-India and post-India.  Arriving in Bangkok post-India made a place that people like to degrade seem like an wonderland to us.  Bangkok is not polluted.  Compared to Delhi or Mumbai, Bangkok is an operating room with smiling people and mmmmmm foooood.

I had some problems logging into the site for a while, so there are a number of photos to share, so here goes...

We stayed in the Asia Hotel, which was really nice and about $40US, which was OK in Bangkok.  This is the view from the rooftop pool:

 We ventured out and found that we were much more interested in the daily reality of Bangkok than the temples and palaces. Of course, this means food to some extent.  Here are some of the things we saw and ate:

 Many things come on sticks.

 Some look inedible, but I almost ate one of these, just because I could.  But I didn't, yet.

 All this stuff is good, I would guarantee.

 As TwinF member Gregg, recommended, we took a longtail boat ride through the canals of "Venice of the East".  This was a great thing to do and we also recommend it.  Every single person we passed had a

0bligatory Reclining Buddha Photo from Bangkok, originally uploaded by LeeLeFever_TwinF.

When I told people about being able to update the TwinF site using the Treo Smartphone, I always said the same thing...

"If I'm looking at the Reclining Buddha in Bangkok and want people to see what I see in real time, I can take a picture and post it directly to the site."

Well, here we are, and here it is- the giant Reclining Buddha in Bangkok. What you can't see is the sweat dripping out of my every pore, which as u know, Sachi loves.

Quickly, as there are a throng of Indian men look over my should at the moment, here are the major sights in the Golden Triangle, in panoramas.

First, the Taj Mahal...

Next is the Fatehpur Sikri

And the Amber Fort in Jaipur

And what the hell, another from the Taj...

Seeing the Taj Mahal was like meeting a movie star that you had only seen on the screen and was more impressive than you could imagine.

The sights in the Golden Triangle really are impressive, especially architecturally. Most are buildings build in the last 1000 years which are impressively preserved. You can find pictures of the sights anywhere, so I hope these are a little different...

 This is at the Red Fort in Dehli.  All the women dress very nice to see the sights and we were constantly impressed by the saris. So colorful..

This shot is from a marble carved window at the Amber Fort in Jaipur...

This "Water Palace" wasn't in the water orginally...

Catta Chown is one of Delhi's main drags and is amazing;y busy- always.

Symetry at the Red Fort.  The Indians were big on symetry...

This is the incredibly crowded Jaipur from above in the Tiger Fort: