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May 17, 2008
Bangkok
With so much to choose from, any relatively brief selection of Bangkok attractions must inevitably be personal The following includes some of the most celebrated sights in or near the city, as well as a few that might get overlooked in the course of a short visit: The Grand Palace Enclosure No group of buildings in all the country better illustrates the splendour of Thailand's cultural heritage than this mile-square com pound containing the Grand Palace and its adjacent Temple of the Emerald Buddha The earliest structures, in classic Thai style, date from the reign of King Rama I; extensive changes were made by later rulers of the dynasty, particularly King Chulalongkorn (Rama V), who added a number of impres sive Western-style buildings to the collec
From Bangkok
Posted by Matt at May 17, 2008 11:53 AM
