Phra Nakhon District (Day 2 in Bangkok, Part II)

Right after the Grand Palace tour, we went to the Phra Nakhon District (1 km away from the Palace) for lunch. As we were walking, we have to look for a very important land mark cuz we only know the rest of the way from the land mark.

Approximately after 10 minutes of walking, we finally found the landmark!

TAAA-DAAAHH!!!

It's the Giant Swing!

The Giant Swing; also known as Sao Ching Cha ( เสาชิงช้า) ; is a religious structure that are located right in front of Wat Suthat temple and it was used in an old Brahmin ceremony.

Sao Ching Cha is the symbol of the God Shiva's movement and its usage was reserved purely for a spectacular game performed at grand ceremonies.

Young Brahmans, in teams of four would swing to the height of 25m from the ground in an attempt to grab bags of coins placed on top of the posts with their teeth.

During the attempts of trying to be the most skilful, some of the intrepid young men would fall to their death. Due to the danger and number of victims this performance produced each year the tradition was discontinued in 1935.

After a brief stop at the Giant Swing, we head over to Thanon Dinsor (Dinsor Road). for the best chicken rice a.k.a Chaiyo Khao Man Gai.

Their fragrant rice is really good. And the chicken is like the ones in Malaysia, only fatter. Haha.

And I found something that has almost gone into extinction in Malaysia..

How often do you find Coca-Cola in a glass bottle back in Malaysia? Honestly, I prefer glass bottles than the tin cans.

This is the map that my bro got from Importfood.com. He did his own research too. Really helps a lot. Hope it will help you too when you happen to be in Bangkok next time.

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As you can see from the map, there are lotsa eateries in that area but we're just too full to try all of them.