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<\/a>Bus to Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall , every time the driver shifted gear, it seemed as if he\u2019s wielding a scepter.<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>Free (unair-conditioned) bus to Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Downtown Bangkok, it\u2019s hard to miss the portrait of king on the streets<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>And the royal couple even guards this Thai military base<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>King Rama V Monument<\/p><\/div>\n
The bus dropped us off on a road south of Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall, we walked to its south gate where the guard told us that we can visit Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall and Vimanmek Mansion with one ticket. We visited Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall first, which has become a museum displaying royal treasures. Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall required all female visitors to wear an apron, so my mom bought a piece of tablecloth from the visitor center at 50THB (which they claimed to be the production cost). It turn out that rectangular piece of cloth fits perfectly to our dining table back home. After being worn for half a day No electronic devices were allowed in Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall. Free audio guides were provided, and of course, we had the alternative of listening to tour guides all around. (Basically only Chinese tour groups visit Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall) Exit of visitor center of Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall<\/p><\/div>\n This is the exit of visitor center of Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall<\/p><\/div>\n Flowers blossom near the exit of visitor center of Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall<\/p><\/div>\n Flowers blossom near the exit of visitor center of Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall<\/p><\/div>\n Artistic Flower Pot near the exit of visitor center of Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall<\/p><\/div>\n Sculptures at the entrance of visitor center of Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall<\/p><\/div>\n Well maintained gardens near Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall<\/p><\/div>\n Rear side of Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall<\/p><\/div>\n Sculpture details of Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall<\/p><\/div>\n Front side of Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall<\/p><\/div>\n Front side of Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall<\/p><\/div>\n Then we went to the historic Vimanmek Mansion, which is the largest teakwood mansion on earth. Vimanmek Mansion, moved here after the death of King Rama V<\/p><\/div>\n A sparrow on the eaves<\/p><\/div>\n Then we walked back to the bus stop, took a bus to the hotel, packet our stuff and headed for the airport. Alleys near our hotel where inns clustered<\/p><\/div>\n Streets beneath Airport Express<\/p><\/div>\n The abandoned railways became a sanctuary for homeless people<\/p><\/div>\n I felt those who lived in the overshadowed building must be quite upset. (That is, if someone did live there.)<\/p><\/div>\n Bangkok Streets from Airport Express Station, it was not rush hour, but it was as rush<\/p><\/div>\n Airport Express trains provided by Siemens. (Is it really necessary to put marshaling information at such an obvious position?)<\/p><\/div>\n Suburbs of Bangkok, near Suvarnabhumi Airport<\/p><\/div>\n A marchland (or I thought) swarmed with coco trees<\/p><\/div>\n Thai Airline 747 taking off near Suvarnabhumi Airport<\/p><\/div>\n END<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is our last day in Thailand. Since we still kept the tickets to Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall, we planned to visit that before heading to the airport. I found on Google Maps that bus No.2 went there,… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2],"tags":[49,41,48],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1778,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751\/revisions\/1778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nHe also told us that we need to deposit our bags there and handed us a key to a storage box, free of charge.<\/p>\n<\/a>\nand served as our tablecloth for quite some time<\/del>, that piece of tablecloth did prove its value.
\nOh wait, while visiting Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall my mom kept complaining that she\u2019s surrounded by nannies from Chinese tour groups, who brought their COLORFUL aprons from vendors outside Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall with their tour guides enjoying their cut<\/del>.<\/p>\n
\nI found the audio guide quite useful, although when hearing \u201cit took XX artists from XX institution XX months to finish this masterpiece\u201d I knew it\u2019s time to move on to next object.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>
\nNo photographs in Vimanmek Mansion and no audio gudie was provided. One thing to note is that you need to store your shoes in some designated shelves before entering Vimanmek Mansion. Two guided tours were provided each day. Although not many Chinese tour groups visit here, it\u2019s not a long wait before we \u201cjoined\u201d one. Maybe it\u2019s due to the magnificence of the exhibits in the Throne Hall that we didn\u2019t find Vimanmek Mansion that attractive. Of course, Vimanmek Mansion was very much as it had been, without undergoing much renovation. <\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>
\nBy the way, the conductor on our bus back was so friendly that she pointed the way for us after we got off the bus (, although we were very familiar with the alley back to hotel by then).<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>