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It was freaking hot, we bought a few
umbrellas .. 80Baht a piece I think.
Wearing long pants was a must.. darn it... so hot cin cin.
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Outside the main
gates
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The Entrance of the Grand Palace Doors
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The Painting on the Wall & Guardian Statues
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Resting & Praying |
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The Golden Pinnacles |
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Aaaa.. posing time again
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So the super star.. cin cin..A golden Door .... A great background for solo pics.
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Striking a Pose... !
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The Grand Palace
is actually huge, but it was in the middle of the
afternoon and the sun was shining bright(as always) in
amazing Bangkok.
It was just sight seeing,
showing respects for fellow Buddha devotees and some
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Larry, Raymond,
Osman, Clement, Alex, John & Ooi |
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Us with some Thai school kids
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And yea... we were a big hit wif the kids... :) |
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Pics taken at the Jade
Palace. A nice picture I might add, too bad I'm not in
it... *grin,... :( |
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The Entire Group.
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Standing
Buddha Statue.
That was the next tourist spot we went (accidentally) |
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Ok. After the grand palace, the next
stop was suppose to be Wat Po(Sleeping Buddha), but we were all hot
and tired. So we opted to take a tut tut after being offered only
20Baht per vehicle. But according to them, Wat Po was closed at 2PM,
and only Opened at 4PM. But they said that the 20Baht allows them to
bring us to other places (standing Buddha Statue). Hence we agreed
since we needed to do something until 4PM.
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Riding the tut tut.
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After the standing Buddha Statue,
things started to reveal itself. It was a scam. They wanted us to go
to a jewellery store! (DUH!) Of which there will get a commission,
diesel worth 500Baht. Alex headed the argument, and at the end we
agreed to help out. Our Tut Tut driver was willing to give us the
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So to the jewellery store we went. Of
course no one bought anything tho.... and when we were about to
leave... The Tut Tut Drivers wanted us to go to three more stops. I
was furious... adrenalin rush... shouted at him. Scolded and raised
my voice. Everyone was stunned. I wanted to get to Wat Po, Yes or
No!!!??? , hmm... well, he said no, I said that no one is to pay
them for their ride as we were all clearly cheated. And there were a
few exchange of Hands Gestures(middle fingers and stuff).. ha ha...
Hence, we hopped onto a taxi and head to Wat Po. |
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We were tired from
the ordeal. So all of us when to the Wat Po massage school for 1
hour of relaxing time.
After the massage, feeling fully
refreshed |
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Wat Po - Sleeping Buddha |
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Huge and Gigantic it was.
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Took a picture at its feet. Made from mother or pearls.
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Think we rested that
nite. Gawking at people at the place. Meeting other Malaysians
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