{"id":111,"date":"2019-10-16T17:08:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T17:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/?p=111"},"modified":"2019-10-16T17:08:54","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T17:08:54","slug":"day-18-bangkok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehuntergatherers.id.au\/2019\/vietnam-and-cambodia\/day-18-bangkok\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 18 \u2013 Bangkok"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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With the official tour over we had to act a bit like adults and organise ourselves. We managed to find breakfast in a place where the food was OK but the service was abysmal. We (the 7 of the group of 11) then headed on foot toward the Grand Palace and Emerald Buddha, with the standard Bangkok touts telling us that the Palace was closed because of a religious holiday and that we could go instead to a \u2018free\u2019 temple nearby. Yeah right. Upon arriving at the palace it was totally open and ready to take our money \u2013 with Niamh and Jen having to buy a T shirt because the scarf they had taken to cover their shoulders apparently wasn\u2019t conservative enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The temples within the complex are simply stunning. Words and even phots can not do it justice. I\u2019d warned the others who hadn\u2019t been here before that they were in for a surprise when they saw the size of the Emerald Buddha \u2013 the most revered Buddha in Thailand. They were. It is only about 45cm high!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After leaving the Grand Palace we headed back to the hotel\n(by cab \u2013 it\u2019s getting hot!) for a swim. Dad then had a massage, we took a walk\nto the river and met the rest of the group for drinks at Cha\u2019s Bar, right\nopposite the hotel. The bar was the most down to earth place you could imagine,\nwith Cha being a comedy act and entertainer as well as a barman with the\ncoldest beers in Thailand. We then wandered the local streets and found Mr Lok\u2019s\nrestaurant \u2013 another great local find \u2013 best food we\u2019ve had in Thailand and\ncheaper than anything we\u2019ve seen. After dinner we headed back to Cha\u2019s for a\nfew more drinks before saying goodbye to Peter, Jen and Carmen, and Joe.\nBreakfast tomorrow will be down to the last 3 of us, before we jet off in the\nafternoon toward home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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