Saturday

We woke up in the morning and went to the weekend market. There was everything there you could ever think of; from food to dogs to plates to souvenirs. By the way, the shopping everywhere was amazingggg! Not only was there great finds but also everything was so cheap! And they were all happy to bargain with you. 30 baht is equal to 1 US dollar so buying things for a couple hundred is actually a really good deal in us dollars. So of course we had to try the food as soon as we got there! We had the BEST pad thai I have ever had in my life! Dad and I shared a plate using our chopsticks! The shopping went on and on and on. After we shopped we went to the Grand Palace where the emerald Buddha is. And how did we get there? Of course we took a long tailed boat down a canal to get there lol. We got a tour guide and learned a lot about the palace and thai culture and the king. The king is much like the queen of England, mostly just a figure head and there is a parliament. We also had to cover our shoulders, and legs out of respect otherwise they wouldn’t let you in the temple. We also thought that you had to wear close toed shoes but apparently recently that has been changed and they don’t care about your shoes. Actually in order to go into the temple and see the Buddha you have to take off your shoes. The other temples we ended up seeing made you take your shoes off but they didn’t care about the legs or shoulders. From there we took a tuk tuk! Which is like a taxi but not… it’s a small little thing with open sides and …its hard to explain but its cute.