The Historian · Chai · Bangkok
Grand Palace & Wat Phra Kaew
I've walked this compound more than a hundred times. The crowds always face the Emerald Buddha. I face the outer gallery murals.
Founded 1782, the first act of the Chakri dynasty. Every wall here is a political statement dressed as devotion.
— Chai, The Historian
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