Grand Palace and Wat Pra 

Wat Phra Kaew, which is located within Bangkok’s Grand Palace complex, is Thailand’s most sacred temple and home to the Emerald Buddha. 

Despite its name, the statue is carved from a single block of jade and dates back to the 14th century. The Emerald Buddha is considered the spiritual heart of Thailand, symbolizing prosperity and protection for the nation. 

Only the King (or a royal appointee) is permitted to change its seasonal robes, a ritual performed three times a year to mark Thailand’s hot, rainy, and cool seasons.

The Royal Palace is connected to the Wat Pra, you enter it through the Wat and then kind of follow some maps, we think that we missed some of the Royal Palace which is ok, as I think we walked another marathon on this day. 

Part of the Royal Palace exhibit showed the many dresses that the Queen has worn throughout the years, here are a couple. 

We went and had some coffee after the Palace and as part of the ticket we got to see a traditional Thailand dance production at the Royal Theater. It was very good. They had a free shuttle that took us there. 

After the show, we started the trek to ChinaTown which is one of the largest and most vibrant Chinatowns in Asia.

We found a cool lunch place called the LaoTeng where we were able to try Sea Cucumber, and Jelly Fish among other dishes. 

One of the fun things to do in Bangkok is to find the fun little alleyways which are a little scary and find neat little cocktail bars, well, maybe that is just us. Well we found the motherload. We found Opium Bar which is one of the top bars in the world. 

And then you try not to get hit by a passing scooter. 

Anyway, we found the bar and had to take a tiny little elevator to the bar floor. The elevator was so small, you needed to stay on the away from the side or it would stop. because the side was open and it was a safety feature. 

The bar was amazing. Here are some of our drinks. 

After drinks, we had a walk down chinatown's main drag and caught a taxi home.