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To Thailand!
06/03/06
Grand Palace
06/04/06
Coral Reef Island
06/05/06
Tiger Zoo
06/06/06
       

End of Class
06/22/06		      

Grand Palace
June 04, 2006

Today we went to the King's palace, took a river boat ride, and saw a well known transgender show.  We also went to a new hotel in Pattaya.

The King doesn't live in the palace anymore.  It's mainly a tourist attraction and it was a very beautiful place to visit.

After visiting the palace, we took a boat ride on a bumpy brown river.

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A view of the river before our ride. It's brown because of a lot of recent rain.

We then went and had some food and got a Thai massage.  The massage was basically your body being stretched in all sorts of directions and the lady smacking the hell out of you!

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At night we visited a place where they had miniature replicas of famous architectural pieces from around the world.  We had dinner there too, but it was horrible so we went to a Thailand McDonalds!

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Later we went to a place called Alcazar.  It's apparently a very famous place and many people visit it.  It's a transgender show.  Most of the dancers were obviously men, but some were surprisingly cute!.

What I learned today about Thailand:  1)  There a many men in Thailand who dress like women and have operations to look like one.