At the Grand Palace

Day 3

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January 19th 2007
We got up early to avoid the main heat of the day (and the huge number of tourists!) and set off to visit the Grand Palace complex. There was gold everywhere and it looked spectacular against the bright blue sky. We walked all the way around it and saw the Wat and the Grand Palace. There were guards standing outside the Palace and the tourists were going up and having their photos taken with t ... 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