We were still reeling from the sheer size of the Gold Buddha, these are a few pictures of the exterior of the building it’s housed in. Pure gold, can you imagine? You might expect it to be surrounded by armed guards, trip wires, mine fields and so on, but although it was out of reach on a huge platform, no one could lift it or remove it easily – even if it wasn’t a sacred monument.
A picture of the exterior of the building and the ceiling inside.
The Wat Arun (Temple of the Dawn) is a Khmer style Buddhist temple on the west banmk of the Chao Phraya River and we went to Wat Po, the largest and oldest temple in Bankok also known as the birthplace of the traditional Thai massage.
The afternoon was spent at the Royal Grand Palace, the official residence of the kings of Siam (now Thailand) which is in the historic centre of the city since 1782. The king and his court lived there until 1925. It was quite sparse inside, but interesting.
More pics of this next time.
HISTORICAL RUBBISH
Now I forgot to mention that Victoria, deprived of her favourite Lord M, was ripe for the picking and sneaky Albert had been well coached in her likes and dislikes and was ready to ingratiate himself.
To begin with he pretended to like dancing (he didn’t), he lied and told her he liked staying up late (he preferred early nights) and he was full of fun (he was a boring, lack lustre old fart). But of course the stupid queen fell for him and the rest, as they say is history.
Stay safe till next week.
lucinda E Clarke 
Love the pics, Lucinda, especially the palace of the Kings of Siam. And I love your dismissal of Victoria and Albert! You really, really don’t like them, do you?
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No, I really really don’t! Despite watching the series on TV recently. I think they were both control freaks!.
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But Lord M was worth watching!
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Oh yes, I quite fancied him 🙂
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Love your pics!
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Love the photos. You must have had a wonderful trip.
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the trip of a lifetime Janice.
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Will probably never get there so thanks for sharing
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Albert may not have liked dancing and staying up late, but he was a lusty lad and liked his bed sports. So did Victoria, clearly, if one judges by the number of sprogs she produced. So they were well suited.
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Oh yes, apparently she had locks put on the bedroom doors – nine surviving children and she didn’t even like them. Now, there was a narcissistic mother with wild control freak attributes.
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