The Grand Palace Photo 4

July 7th 2011
Thursday we visited the Grand Palace here in Bangkok. It was built in 1782, I think, by King Rama I when he moved the capital to Bangkok. The palace and surrounding Wat (temple) are stunningly beautiful All the buildings are covered in gold leaf. The emerald buddha is here as well The story behind the emerald buddha is a bit of a mystery. It was discovered in northern Thailand in the late 1400s. I ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more

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Annice and Peter

We are from Ottawa, Canada and are embarking on our third Asian Adventure! In 2005-2006 we taught in China at the Guangdong Industry Technical College. Our love for China was born! We spent our Chinese New Year holiday travelling to Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia (including Langkawi) and Southern Thailand. Two years later we returned to China and travelled to Beijing, Xi'an, Chengdu, Kumming, back to Guangzhou, and Nanning, before entering Vietnam at the Chinese border and travelling to Hanoi, Hoi Ann, NaTrang, up the Mekong Delta, and Ho Chi Minn City. We flew back to Beijing before ou... full info

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