Yesterday, I successfully made it to the Grand Palace and the associated temple complexes. I used the SkyTrain to the River and then the boat up river to the Grand Palace...it took about 55 minutes. Much more reliable than a taxi ride and much cheaper.
The main temple building houses the Emerald Buddha which is the most sacred item in Thai buddhism...fought over and moved several times around southeast asia over the last 400 years.
It has rested in it's present spot for about 200 years. Of course since it is not allowed to be photographed, I have no photo of it.
The detail and intricacy of the exterior and interior wall designs is spectacular. This is a series of buildings and temple complexes that were built over the past 200 years by the Kings of the Chakra Dynasty as each tried to out-do the other. Not much order to the overall area but overwhelming in it's detail.
Today is my last day here in Thailand as my flight leaves at 1am tomorrow morning. Well, at least the traffic to the Airport will be light at that hour.
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