Bangkok Grand Palace

Bangkok’s Grand Palace is a large complex of buildings. From 1782 through 1925, the king and his coterie lived on these grounds.

Today, the Grand Palace hosts royal ceremonies, foreign dignitaries, and guests of the king.

Even with our guide leading us through the grounds at a fair clip, it took us two and a half hours to wander through it all.

There are at least two temples where we were required to remove our shoes. One of them had separate shoe racks for “Thai people” and “Foreigners.” Few guests read the signs, however, so there was much commingling of native and foreign shoes. Gasp!Leia mais