King's birthday

The 5th of Dezember is the birthday of the king. I only heard good things about what is going to happen in Bangkok on this day and I was looking forward to it. I couldn't really believe that the protests will just stop for 24 hours but well who knows?
That was the biggest surprise for me. These people here have some real problems with the opposing group. But for this one special day they all worked together to show their king how much he means to his people.
We went to the Grand Palace to experience the celebration from the central point in Bangkok. All the Thais in yellow shirts (colour of the king, of his birthday a Monday) gave us a hint on how many people will be there with us... But noone could have imagined something like this. We stood together with an uncountable amount of people somewhere at the Grand Palace. They all wore yellow and had a candle in their hands. And then they started singing, all together, one song after another. I think one was the national anthem but all the others I didn't know which made it even more impressive to me that literally everyone here seems to know these songs. A firework started and all the Thais were happy and cheering. It was just beautiful.

We went on to a place where a big TV screen showed parts of a show and people were crowding to see it. Amd everyone was so happy! They would smile at you and show you the way to the best place or just ask you in englisch(!) how you are and if you have fun.

A few meters away we saw lots of vendors with T-shirts, food and accessoires. The reason why everyone was wearing shirts with the Thai flag or in yellow - you can just buy them at the event. And bands for your hair and whistles and ...

Amazing Thailand always amazes you.