Lobby of Swissotel
OK now to catch up on some sight seeing! To the left is the Swissotel Le Concorde, and below is Darlene on the front steps of the hotel-- ready to go far a little walk to find the local 7-11 ( for real). Note to the left Caesar's is a high end private night club - men only - invitation only- std's free.
The grand palace also houses royal temples and a royal monastery of the emerald Buddha.
Entrance to the Monastery part. The emerald Buddha is one solid piece of JADE not emerald carved into Buddha shape. It was " found" in 1434 AD.
Outside the main gates
Wandering around the grounds
Looking around the monastery compound
Me daubing some water on my head in front of the temple of the emerald Buddha. People use a lotus flower to daub water on themselves in order to get good luck.
The main internal monastery square the building ahead houses the emerald Buddha.
Here we are at the entrance of the "grand palace". This is the king's ceremonial palace and is open to the public. His Home is another palace about 2 kilometers away and surrounded by guards carrying ak-47s and you cant see anything from the street except the barracks.
Here is a picture from one of the murals lining the monastery walls.
This is a bigger view of one of the temple
stupas.
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