Thailands Wonders

The milkshakes at the Hard Rock Café so far have been alright, compared to the milkshakes at Marmalade Café on Hawthorn road. The reason for this is because the milkshakes were just flavouring with milk, nothing out of this world. They made up for it with two serves of Phad Thai, which is one of Thailand’s most famous dishes, which consisted of; chicken, rice noodles, egg and some vegetables.

After an amazing brunch we headed off to the Grand Palace. The Grand Palace was used for 150 years until the twentieth century and then royal family stopped using it. The complex of the Grand Palace included the war ministry, state departments, and even the royal mint. It fascinated me that after all those years it is still standing well intact. The amount of detail they had put into the statues, or as they where called the demonic guards, were amazing every single little detail was exactly the same on every guard. The palace was made out of gold, wood, diamonds, crystals, metal and silver. I was gobsmacked that people could envisage such a spectacular building, and then make it a reality.

Around the centre of the Palace there is a temple where the locals pray. I over heard one of locals praying for peace in the afterlife for his brother, after he prayed he lit some incense and left. I didn’t know what this meant but listening to what happened to his brother touched me, this palace is a big part of some people’s lives.

After walking around the palace we took a tuk tuk back to the hotel, the Mandarin Oriental, which was right along the Chao Phraya River. A tuk tuk is, for those who don’t know, a three wheeled motorcycle with two wheels at the back and one at the front, it is open and there are no doors. A tuk tuk is like a taxi. I met up with the rest of my friends in the lobby and went to the hotels restaurant Ciao and enjoyed a lovely dinner which was accompanied with some music. I can’t wait to explore the rest of Thailand.

Ethan Jackson