text: [{"text_idx": "#000011", "text": "Aranyaprathet to BangkokAranyaprathet to Nakhon Sawan"}, {"text_idx": "#000036", "text": "Nakhon Pathom to Hua Hin"}, {"text_idx": "#000041", "text": "Nan to BangkokNan to Chiang Mai"}, {"text_idx": "#000042", "text": "Nong Bua Lamphu to Bangkok"}, {"text_idx": "#000046", "text": "Phrae to BangkokPhrae to Chiang Mai"}, {"text_idx": "#000048", "text": "Ranong to BangkokRanong to Phuket"}, {"text_idx": "#000053", "text": "Songkhla to Nakhon Si Thammarat"}, {"text_idx": "#000054", "text": "Sukhothai to KalasinSukhothai to Khon Kaen"}, {"text_idx": "#000057", "text": "Trang to BangkokTrang to Phuket"}, {"text_idx": "#000079", "text": "Pak Bara Pier to Koh Lipe"}, {"text_idx": "#000080", "text": "Pattaya to Hua Hin Ferry"}, {"text_idx": "#000084", "text": "Trat Airport to Koh Kood"}, {"text_idx": "#000089", "text": "Nakhon Si Thammarat to Bangkok"}, {"text_idx": "#000091", "text": "Phitsanulok to BangkokPhitsanulok to Chiang Mai"}, {"text_idx": "#000092", "text": "Prachuap Khiri Khan to Bangkok"}, {"text_idx": "#000094", "text": "Trang to BangkokTrang to Hua Hin"}, {"text_idx": "#000102", "text": "Hua Hin to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)"}, {"text_idx": "#000111", "text": "Bus times from Ranong to Bangkok"}, {"text_idx": "#000112", "text": "By bus the journey from Ranong to Bangkok is scheduled to take from 10 hours to 10 hours 45 minutes depending upon which bus you take."}, {"text_idx": "#000113", "text": "Bus Timetable from Ranong to Bangkok"}, {"text_idx": "#000114", "text": "Click on the Ranong \u2013 Bangkok link in the timetable below for more information and to buy tickets."}, {"text_idx": "#000117", "text": "Wat Phra Kaew in Bangkok"}, {"text_idx": "#000118", "text": "Wat Phra Kaew, also known as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, is the temple inside the Grand Palace in Bangkok. The temple was opened in 1784, two years after the founding of Bangkok as the new capital city. Wat Phra Kaew is inside a separate walled compound accessible via 7 gates. The temple has many parts with over 40 buildings, chedi, monuments and statues. The most important part of the temple, however, is it\u2019s ordination hall with houses the Phra Kaew Morakot, better known as the Emerald Buddha statue."}, {"text_idx": "#000119", "text": "The Emerald Buddha statue is 66 cm tall and made out of jade. The statue is considered the most important Buddha image in Thailand and a Royal ceremony is held 3 times a year to change the clothes of the Emerald Buddha in accordance with the change in the seasons. The Emerald Buddha has an interesting and disputed history, and is the subject of many legends. The known history of the statue starts when it was discovered in a temple in Chiang Rai in 1434. The statue was then taken to Lampang, Chiang Mai, Vientiane in Laos and Thonburi before finally coming to Bangkok in 1782. Prior to that there are two theories as to the origin of the temple. One theory is that the statue was made in the north of Thailand in the 13th or 14th Century. The other theory is that the statue was made in India in around 50 BC and travelled to Thailand via Sri Lanka and Cambodia where it taken from the by then failing Angkor Kingdom as the spoils of war. Either way for Thai people it is a very special statue and the temple which has been constructed to house the statue is very impressive."}]