V is for Vagabond: Bangkok Imperial Palace and Emerald Buddha

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Bangkok Imperial Palace and Emerald Buddha

What can I say? This place was beautiful. There were armed guard here. They looked like soldiers but overall I did not feel the tension between the people and the government when I was here.

Bangkok Imperial Palace

A model of Angkor Wat

Emerald Buddha... no pictures allowed inside

So of course I'm gonna try and take a picture of it from the outside! They change the Buddha's clothes depending on the time of year. His clothes are made of gold.

I love the sky in this picture

Lots of scam artists in Bangkok, gotta watch out.

This was under construction. It's across the street from the palace.

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Where I've Been (Asia Tour Trip)

12/24/08 - San Francisco, USA (END)
12/20/08 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
12/18/08 - Tama Negara, Malaysia
12/14/08 - Melaka, Malaysia*
12/05/08 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
11/27/08 - Singapore
11/06/08 - Phuket, Thailand
11/04/08 - Siem Reap, Cambodia
10/30/08 - Bangkok, Thailand
10/28/08 - Chengdu, China
10/26/08 - Xian, China
10/24/08 - Nanjing, China
10/23/08 - Zhouzhuang, Kunshan, China *
10/16/08 - Shanghai, China
10/13/08 - Kobe, Japan
10/13/08 - Himeji, Japan *
10/12/08 - Kyoto, Japan *
10/11/08 - Hakata Bay, Japan *
10/10/08 - Kyoto, Japan *
10/08/08 - Osaka, Japan
10/07/08 - Hiroshima, Japan
10/04/08 - Yokohama, Japan *
10/04/08 - Kamakura, Japan *
09/30/08 - Tokyo, Japan
09/26/08 - Taipei, Taiwan
09/22/08 - Tainan, Taiwan
09/20/08 - Taitung, Taiwan
09/19/08 - Hualien, Taiwan
09/04/08 - Taipei, Taiwan
09/01/08 - Macau *
08/29/08 - Hong Kong
* - denotes I did not spend the night there