The palace was closed it looked like renovations were going on but being part of the same complex as the Pagoda we could see bits, its a large brightly coloured impressive looking building.
The Silver Pagoda was in the middle of a walled area, the walls covered with detailed paintings.
The show piece inside the pagoda, a floor of 5000 silver tiles(all 1kg each) was mostly covered by mats for protection so it didn't have a wow effect but still nice to see along with some big gold,silver and jade Buddha's. The few trees and nice shrubs in the complex are home to a load of monkeys they were everywhere.
Got a tuk tuk next to the Russian market unlike what we saw in Haerbin northern China there is nothing Russian about this place they just apparently shopped here in the 80's. Mostly a clothes market housing all the big brands we know at home which are made here and theoretically sold here cheaper but it was hit & miss some stuff was no cheaper than home. We picked up a couple of items to help cover up under the sun when needs be and a dvd of the movie 'The Killing Fields' which we will see first hand tomorrow.
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