Grand Palace Bangkok

I got up at about 6am on Wednesday morning, running on only a few hours of sleep.

I had Class! I had my Human Resource Management through Organizational Behavior class to attend on line. It was 6:30pm EST Tuesday, when my class started, and I sat in the lounge area of Lub D hostel from 6:30am to 9:30am. We talked about team development in …

Aujourd'hui nous sommes allés visiter le temple du Bouddha d'émeraude (Wat Phra Kaew) ainsi que le grand palais, ancienne demeure des rois de Thaïlande de l'actuelle dynastie. Il est interdit d'y rentrer en short et en marcel. Il est possible de louer des vêtements longs à l'entrée. Nous connaissions cette règle et avons préféré porter nos propres …

We arrived in Bangkok in the evening. After being in Vietnam and Cambodia for a couple of weeks it was surprising to see how modern the airport was. We arranged a taxi and headed to our resort (driving on the left side of the road). On the way into the heart of the city it was neat to see all of the skyscrapers. The hotel was nice and was located …

Apologies for the lack of updates everyone, to make up for it, here's some fun facts.

The population of Thigh Land is 63 million people, it's twice the size of Wyoming.

It's also incredible.

Bangkok has to be the craziest place we've been to so far. We've strolled into the city during Thai New Year. In Bangkok, we're in …

The news were terrifying: The worst floods of the last 50 years, road blocks everywhere, pictures of people in boats in the streets..

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But actually, Bangkok's weather just was perfect …

Wow! It is really hot here! Have you ever baked something in the oven and opened the door for a second and a gust of hot air hits you in the face? Well, that's the feeling when we opened the door of our hotel to venture off into Bangkok. It's definitely #2 of hottest (temperature wise) experiences in my life. Still ranking as #1 is playing outdoor …

Today we went to the Grand Palace, whilst walking there
we had to have our wits about us as trying to cross the roads is a nightmare.
There are no lights and no one stop's at the zebra crossings!!! We did have a
tuk tuk stop right in front of us and started having a go at us as we didn't
have anything covering our arms, he …

Cette journée était l'occasion de visiter Bangkok avec un guide cette fois. Au matin j'ai visité le Grand Palace et le Buddha d'émeraude, le plus vénéré aujourd'hui. Pantalon obligatoire pour entrer, avec 35 degrés et une humidité énorme, j'ai sué comme un bœuf sous un soleil de plomb, t-shirt trempé avec mon sac à dos. Le palace est …

Today we ventured out to explore the Grand Palace. Before departing for the day the concierge at our hotel warned us about people who would stop us outside the palace to tell us that the palace was closed for the day. They then make other suggestions of places we should visit instead and would hook us up with a tuk tuk to take us. They'd take us to …

So today Micha and I were supposed to be flying to Vietnam but we found out yesterday that you cannot get a visa on arrival and need to have an approval letter before you fly (we had already checked this with the Vietnamese Embassy but they gave us the incorrect information which was handy!)! We tried to get this sorted out but as it's the weekend …

... Khao San scene (the perfect antidote for visitors fresh out of Vietnam/Cambodia) that we've only had chance to visit the Grand Palace. Outside you'll encounter the same old scams, "it's closed between one and four, for prayer" etc, ...

... gifts for friends and family. Anyway after about three hours of winding in and around the back streets of Bangkok we eventually made our way back to the Grand Palace. But at this point it was nearly 3pm and the palace actually closed at 4pm. I was ...

... and drink for both of us! Yum! The 2nd day we decided to be a bit braver and catch a tuk tuk to see the Grand Palace and Wat Pho (the reclining buddha and temples). We took some great pics and after being hassled by numerous men trying to convince ...

... .  We have wandered a lot, just taking in the city, without actually going to many sights.  We did visit the Grand Palace... i say visit, we looked at it from out side seeing as they were charging a stupidly high price for the experience.  ...

I arrived in Bangkok Thailand, exhausted, sick, and culture shocked. It took me one week, two Thai massages and four days on the island of Ko Chang to regain my composure. My first night out in Bangkok, I was treated to dinner at an Irish pub with ...

... ; Our final temple was Wat Pho, having crossed back to the other bank of the river.  This temple is adjacent to the Grand Palace (also closed owing to the protests), and is famous for the huge image of the Reclining Buddha; the statue is ...

... No pictures were allowed inside, so only photos are those of the outside of the buildings. Within the same grounds is the Grand Palace, the former royal residence of the King. Today the Palace is used only for certain ceremonial occasions and is more ...

... the river. He also pointed out that because we were wearing less than acceptable clothing, we wouldn't be able to visit the Grand Palace. It was disappointing, but it just reduced the amount of things we had to consider doing. We strolled down some back ...

... I check into my hostel on Khoa San (backpacker's road) and walk around the center of the city to see Wat Pho, the Grand Palace, Phrakan Fortress, and Golden Mount Wat Saket.  Unfortunately my camera ran out of juice for the first time on the trip, ...

... getting used to a new place with new customs and culture - still that's half the fun! We went to the Grand Palace and adjoining royal temple in Bangkok which was amazing and even made the Golden Temple look not that gold! The temple was opened in 1785 ...