Four Nights in Bangkok: II

First event of the day: consult the map (I was really attached to this map).After breakfast at our guesthouse's rooftop cafe (we had the place to ourselves, save for the little woman preparing our selections), we walked through our 'hood and north toward the Grand Palace and other monuments.
This was our neighborhood for the first two nights: where cars come to die...or come after being stolen? Lots of metalwork going on.
There was a vast electronics market in Chinatown, complete with impromptu assembly-line stands right outside the stores.
Warding off con artists had been going so well...I slipped for one second, however, and this man wrote in pen on my map! We were not getting into the tuk-tuk he so kindly hailed for us, after telling us the Grand Palace was closed for a ceremony and we'd be much better off getting a ride across town to a different monument then coming back to this area later in the day.
Wat Pho: Temple of the Reclining Buddha. He's 15 meters high and 46 meters long, with his eyes and the soles of his feet covered in mother-of-pearl.
Chedis, chedis everywhere...

Messages written on shingles piled up for renovations:
We had green curry at this outdoor market, before ferrying across the chaotic Chao Phraya river to Wat Arun: Temple of the Dawn (though we visited near sunset).

Departing Wat Arun, we ferried back across the river and walked further north to catch our first glimpses of the Banglamphu neighborhood. For dinner, more curry!
We made a reservation for the next night at a hostel on the (in)famous Khao San Road, since this was the happening place for backpackers to congregate. Then we walked all the way back to our guesthouse (sore, dirty feet!).

Note: There are dogs everywhere in Bangkok, mostly mangy-looking ones (I'm guessing the majority are strays, except maybe the ones wearing dirty t-shirts). The guidebook cautioned: beware, Bangkok dogs likely have rabies. So when I saw the herd of pups approaching us in the alley outside our place, I envisioned one of them biting into Davin's arm with a snap of its pointy yellow teeth, and then Davin waking up in the morning, foaming at the mouth. Alas...they were barky, but harmless.