Lacquered doors, mosaic roof, golden elves on the
lawn.  What more could you want?

One of those funky guardians doing his thing. 
Note the people in the background for scale.

Shrine outside the Temple of the Emerald Buddha

Door frame for one of two backdoors into the
Temple of the Emerald Buddha.

The white stone one.

Detail of an epic mural which covers the entire
interior of the wall surrounding the dozen buildings
 around the Temple of the Emerald Buddha.

Red is our thing these days. 
These doors were fabulous.

Smaller guardians, but no less dedicated,
surround the Phra Siratana Chedi. 
(or as we called it:  The big round gold one.)

Phra Mondop

Stone Temple Lion

Yet more guardians doing their jobs.

The story includes mermaid abduction,
monkeys and gods with really large tongues.