Bangkok and attaya

It has been a busy few days. On Thursday we began our tour at the Grand Palace. Many buildings and sculptures to see. Many in gold. I will upload photos of a few of the sculptures for you to see. That were literally hundreds and hundreds of tourists. I have never been at such a busy site. It was also very hot. One of the highlights was seeing the Emerald Budda. It is 26" high and rests atop a tall elaborately decorated pedalstal. The Budda is clothed and has its clothes changed each season by the King. It is not carved from Emeralds but from Jade. The story has it that it was stolen by the Burmese and then stolen back years later by the Thai's. It was encased in plaster. One day it got knocked over and chipped. That is when it was discovered that the Buddha was inside.
We had a marvelous lunch by the river of Pad Thai and then wandered through the flower market.
We were exhausted by the time we returned to our hotel. Two hours later we were treated to an extravagant meal of 4 courses. To much delicious food.
Today we went to see the ruins of the first Capitol of Bangkok attaya. That may not be spelled right. The ruins were from about the 12th century. From there we had another fabulous meal which consisted of fried rice, red curry sauce, chicken wings with shallots and mixed vegetables with shrimp. Green rice noodles for dessert.
After lunch we traveled by boat on the canal to the river and docked by the Muslim village. These Muslims came from Vietnam Nam and settled in the area over 700 years ago. Many of them work in the factories nearby and many send their children to the Christian private school in the area

Heading back to our hotel to freshen up and get ready to go to dinner on a rice barge.

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Carol

Shopping downtown

Selfie on a tuk tuk