Bangkok day 1

Slow morning, but once I was up and out the hostel (which is very nice) thought I'd do the most touristy thing first; The Grand Palace. My favourite part of the palace complex was the temple of the emerald Buddha (actually made of Jade). You couldn't take photos inside but there was a small green Buddha a top of a mountain of gold structures and statues surrounded by beautiful decorative murals. The Grand Buddha wears different outfits depending on the season; winter, summer or raining (apparently it's still winter even though it was 33°c today!). The Buddha is washed and changed by the king in a ceremony every season change. Encompassing the temple was the Ramieken gallery made up of 178 handpainted murals (2km long). It depicted prince Ramakien fighting a 10-faced 20-handed giant demon and his monkey army, which was fun to follow along.
Not a whole ton of veggie food at the food markets, lots of mystery meat on sticks and scary looking seafood, so I stuck to places with English descriptions of the food haha.Read more