Last updated Sunday October 21, 2007
The Royal Residence is surrounded by a wall to separate it from the rest of the Grand Palace grounds.
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Always statues of guards and lions at every gate you go through.
Hor Sastrakom on the way to the Royal Residence had extremely fine details on the roofs and windows.
Amarindra Winitchai Hall.
At last we get to the actual palace. This is the Royal Residence, though the King and Queen spend most of their time in their county estate (complete with cows in a pasture) that is in downtown Bangkok.
Here's a better shot of the fancy trees on the front lawn.
There was one solitary guard at the front gate of the Royal Residence. I have a feeling he is there more for the photo op rather than providing security. I managed to ask (yi, er, san - keisha!) one of the Chinese students in the right picture to take the picture of me on the left.
The little structure in the forefront is the Aprhorn Phimok Prasat Pavillion, kind of a nice place to hang out on a warm royal evening.
Here's a closeup of the central roof section of Dusit Maha Prasat Hall. I missed seeing the inside of this building, one of the first erected and it houses one of the most public throne rooms.
The temples have big fancy statues of guards. The Royal Residence has them carved right into the doors of the gates.