With an extra day in Bangkok while waiting for our Cambodian visa we took an afternoon to visit the colorful Grand Palace & Wat Phra Keao.
Wat Phra Keao, the highlight of the visit, sits within the Grand Palace wall and is the holiest Buddhist sight in Thailand. It was built in 1875 as a private royal temple. The Wat contains a myriad of structures and sculptures, decorated porcelain, ceramic & glass mosaics that shimmer in the midday sun. There is also a scale model of Angkor Wat, a gift to the King while Cambodia was under Thai rule, and the solid Jade "Emerald" Buddha which draws pilgrims from across Thailand.
Wat Phra Keao, the highlight of the visit, sits within the Grand Palace wall and is the holiest Buddhist sight in Thailand. It was built in 1875 as a private royal temple. The Wat contains a myriad of structures and sculptures, decorated porcelain, ceramic & glass mosaics that shimmer in the midday sun. There is also a scale model of Angkor Wat, a gift to the King while Cambodia was under Thai rule, and the solid Jade "Emerald" Buddha which draws pilgrims from across Thailand.
Pictures of buildings, statues & faces of Wat Phra Keao in the Grand Palace. Honoring the Wat's requests no pictures of the Emerald Budhha. 
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