I leave for a 2 hour flight to Singapore later this morning. I'll be there until Wednesday.
Yesterday I went to the Grand Palace with a professional guide named Sorawut Witwitwon or "Pop" as he liked to be called..even though he is only 32 yo and has no kids.
The Grand Palace is a conglomeration of buildings spread over a 60 acre site. It has special temples built by different Kings over the last 200 years; administrative and ceremonial buildings and a former residence of the King. It is extraordinarily decorative with styles varying from traditional Thai to Chinese to European.
Some pics of a ceremonial hall with european and thai elements; a temple roof in the traditional thai style; figures holding up a royal chedi in which some royal family ashes are contained; and a demon guarding a temple:
After we went to a late lunch at a lovely Thai restaurant in the new Siam Paragon Mall, which has the biggest selection of stores and eating places I have ever seen in one place. It is spectacular.
The day was particularly humid with even a natives of Bangkok, like Pop, complaining. You just have to slow down your pace and hydrate.
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