Ok let me start from the top...i'll be as brief as I can. We got to Bangkok and we had no hotel, so we just did the package deal at the airport. Fine. The guy asked if we wanted to do a tour, there was one complimentary tour...we chose the palace. We chose the royal palace.
The nicest thing ever about Thai people is that they are SO incredibly loyal to their king. They really trust him and have a very personal attachment to him. They call him "my king" and they even put pictures of him in their cabs. Our tour guide told us a story about a civil war going on in Bangkok and when the king told them to stop, they just did. It was so amazing to see a country in such harmony with their leader. Definitely something i'm NOT used to.
This is their royal palace, which is now only used for ceremonies, but the king used to live here. Now he prefers to live near the beach.
This elaborate palace is constantly being restored. Everywhere we turned, people were replacing mirrors, painting murals and polishing the place up. Seeing them at work constantly was pretty amazing.
Making a wish.
Ok well, thats the best part we saw about Bangkok before EVERY SINGLE CAB DRIVER, TRICYCLE, TUK TUK, and BUS DRIVER tried to FOOL US INTO GOING WITH THEM TO SHOPPING AREAS AND RESTAURANTS WHERE THEY WOULD GET COMMISSION! It was the absolutely most annoying thing in the entire world. ARGH! I always take it for granted when I ask a cab driver to take me somewhere, i never expect them to take me somewhere else first. IT WAS SO FRUSTRATING!
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