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Its now the end of day 8. Im so tired now and i think ive done more walking in the last week then i have my whole life, but its worth it, i dont even realise how much im doing when im doing it, everything around me is just so beautiful it takes my mind off everything. I can see why the monks feel so zen here. Speaking of monks and beautiful things i went to the Temple of the Emerald Buddha today, it joins onto the Grand Palace and i started looking there but i ran out of time which sucks. This would have to be the most breathtaking sight ive seen in my entire life. I saw a giant photo of it in the hotel lobby and was intrigued so i asked about it and there was a tour every day for 4 hours so i went to this one. The friendly hotel guy gave me directions how to get there, and here i thought id be lost for the enitire trip, thank god for friendly hotel guys! As soon as you walk in the front gates a feeling of calmness and quiet comes over your body, and you take off your shoes. This is the first place we saw, its the golden buddha, its so sacred. I cant even describe how beautiful it is. All the guides spoke pretty good english, so we understood what they were telling us which was yet another bonus to add to today. The group was made up of alot of tourists and most of them spoke english too, so i made a few good friends that im definately going to keep in contact with.