Bangkok's Grand Palace
Saturday June 21, 2003
With Bangkok now on sale and travel deals to the city being promoted on a buy-one-get-one-free basis, all that's really left is to figure out what you'll do when you get there. Well, there's plenty. But high on the list of things to see is the Grand Palace in Bangkok. The Palace and grounds date back the 1780's, when Rama I, the founder of the current Chakri Dynasty in Thailand, moved the nation's capital to Bangkok. The Grand Palace covers an area of about 60 acres. Within the palace grounds are government offices, the Emerald Buddha wat, and the royal residences, and enough art and architecture to keep a the average site seer occupied for at least a day...

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