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    The document provides details about a tour of Bangkok, Thailand. It describes visits to several famous temples in Bangkok including Wat Po which houses the Reclining Buddha. It discusses the colorful history of Bangkok and how it became the imperial city 300 years ago. The document also mentions other sites visited like the Temple of the Dawn and Temple of the Giant Swing along with a boat ride along the canals. It concludes with discussing a folk dance performance and dinner at a Thai restaurant to cap off the first day of the tour.

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    The document provides details about a tour of Bangkok, Thailand. It describes visits to several famous temples in Bangkok including Wat Po which houses the Reclining Buddha. It discusses the colorful history of Bangkok and how it became the imperial city 300 years ago. The document also mentions other sites visited like the Temple of the Dawn and Temple of the Giant Swing along with a boat ride along the canals. It concludes with discussing a folk dance performance and dinner at a Thai restaurant to cap off the first day of the tour.

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    The document provides details about a tour of Bangkok, Thailand. It describes visits to several famous temples in Bangkok including Wat Po which houses the Reclining Buddha. It discusses the colorful history of Bangkok and how it became the imperial city 300 years ago. The document also mentions other sites visited like the Temple of the Dawn and Temple of the Giant Swing along with a boat ride along the canals. It concludes with discussing a folk dance performance and dinner at a Thai restaurant to cap off the first day of the tour.

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    Family life

    LESSON 1. COURTSHIP, DATING,


    AND MARRIAGE
    LESSON 2. PREGNANCY-RELATED
    CONCERNS AND PRE-
    NATAL CARE
    LESSON 3. RESPONSIBLE
    PARENTHOOD, ROLES
    AND RESPONSIBILITIES
    OF PARENTS AND
    SUCCESSFUL FAMILY
    LIFE
    Bangkok known as Krun Thep, which is Thai for “City of Angels,” beckons
    with its golden roofed temples and spicily curried cuisine. Seven million visitors
    come to Thailand each year spending an average of six to seven days because there
    is so much to see and to relish in this “Exotic Orient” as one enamored traveller
    dubbed the country.

    Our agenda for the first day of our tour started with a tour of Wat Po. One of
    the 370 temples in Bangkok alone, it is home to the famous Reclining Buddha,
    which is said to be 46 meters long. Also world–famous are the golden Buddha at
    the Wat Trinig (“wat” being Thai for “temple”) and the dazzling Emerald Buddha.
    There are 2100 temples in all of Thailand, where 90 percent of the people are
    Buddhists.

    Our loquacious guide regales us with the colorful history of Bangkok and
    how it became the imperial city 300 years ago, when the god-king Rama I moved
    the royal residence to this side of the Chao Phraya River. Today, a boat excursion
    takes visitors on a tour of the old city, winding down the “klong” canals for a
    glimpse of the water dwellers and the ancient edifices, remnants of an era when
    Rama I divided his city into three sections: for the Thais, the Chinese and the
    Indians. The best buys of Thai silks, spices and crafts are still at the riverside
    markets where one can also produce gold, jade and other precious jewelry.

    Not to be missed are the Temple of the Dawn along the Chao Phraya, a
    showcase of Chinese porcelain mosaics, and the Temple of the Giant Swing for
    some of the finest murals. Only for strong knees is the Temple of the Golden
    Mount, atop a climb of 300 steps, housing one of the largest bronze buddhas in the
    world.

    The Reclining Buddha was shipped from China by King Rama I, who also
    built the Wat Po Temple on a 20-hectare compound adjacent to the Royal Palace,
    circa 1782, in the 2222-old Chinese section. The King had also brought with him
    excellent samples of porcelain, which the court artisans used to decorate pagodas
    using their elaborate spires. At the main temple, devotees buy one–inch gold leaf
    squares which they stick to smaller buddhas as offering to their god.
    Everyday, morning ceremonies are held at an adjacent temple
    surrounded by four magnificent monuments: the first in red built by Rama I;
    the second in yellow, by Rama II; the third in green by Rama III; and the fourth in
    blue, by Rama IV. Just as fascinating is the sala tree under which, according to
    legend, Buddha was born (although in India). Its pink and red flowers are sweet-
    smelling, a contrast to the brown gourd which are the “fruit “of the sala tree.

    To cap a hectic first day, we had dinner at the Baa Thai Restaurant while
    watching heavily costumed folk dancers from the lowland and highland villages,
    including favorite destinations, like Chiang Mai, the second largest city up north,
    from whence one can visit the winter palace of the Royal Family and the training
    school for working elephants.

    Amazingly, Bangkok is clean, especially the day after Wednesday, which is


    “Clean Up Day” according to our guide. So the sidewalk eateries are relatively
    sanitary, although foreign visitors are advised to stick to bottled mineral water or
    soft drinks. In spite of the colossal traffic jams, no thanks to the ubiquitous
    “toktok” pedicabs , the air smells cleaner and less polluted than in Manila.

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