A river runs through it

Here are some pictures we took while we were taking the water bus up the Chao Phraya river on Christmas day.  The Chao Phraya river runs through downtown Bangkok - the town is close to sea level (it's situated on a flood plain in one of the most fertile rice growing regions in the world); water is common here and the town is full of canals (it is sometimes called "the Venice of the east") many of which people live next to.  Sam touched up the pictures a bit so that you can see the details of the boats and buildings more clearly.  The really cool looking temple is Wat Arun ("temple of the dawn") which we might go visit over new year's break.