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Grand Palace Bangkok

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June 21st 2013
Today I visited The Grand Palace, Bangkok. Everyone said go early, so I did, wrong much quieter by the time I left around lunchtime???. On entering the Palace you can barely see anything for the amount of people there, this was on a Friday morning so not the weekend, there were just hoards. Decided to walk around the galleries where the walls are painted with scenes from Ramakien. The paintings de ... 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