The most reveered Buddha statue in Thailand

Wat prakaew

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June 24th 2006
We visited the "Wat prakaew" and the Grand Palace, which seem to be the largest and most popular tourist attractions in Bangkok. This time we did everything independently using simply taxis or the skytrain or metro. This saved us a lot of hassle and seemed to work well. We got up early and went to the temple, but in our early morning rush Bex forgot to put on a t-shirt covering her shoulders inste ... 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