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By this point we had been in Bangkok for about 3 days. I don't know how much you know about Bangkok but there are a lot of things to see and do. With only a few days left in the enormous city we were getting a tad stressed. We got out of bed, after a little sleep-in (we were on holiday after all) and ran outside to get the train that we thought was only a little walk away. In case you ever think anything is a short walk at 12 PM in Bangkok, it is not! The sun was right above us and we almost passed out as we walked out of the air-conditioned hotel. Both me and my travel companion had too much pride to admit it was too hot to walk so there we were, struggling towards the train to get to the Grand Palace. We felt bad for sleeping in so we decided against buying breakfast, water, coffee, anything at all. Not very wise. Not at all wise. We finally got to the train and then some bus and then finally we found our way to a temple, after of course being told by a few shady Tuk-tuk drivers that the temple was closed but that they would happily take us shopping(...). Declined. We had a look at the reclining Buddha while feeling the sun getting hotter (if that was even possible). We had a look at our map and saw that the Grand Palace was really close by (as if in that sun) so we decided to go for it but maybe have some food on the way. The hike started and there were no food stalls in sight. The Grand palace and the temples around are all enclosed in this area with guards surrounding it so once you enter you kind of just have to go look at it all (that's what we thought anyway). We entered the secured area, hungry as ever, thirsty as ever and hot as ever. Pretty much we thought we were going to die on the spot. We started walking aimlessly cause we knew we had to eat or drink something or we would actually pass out. After what felt like an hour we saw a people in black everywhere going into what looked like a market. Then the same black dressed people started putting food and iced coffee in our hands, we tried to give them money, they shook their heads and said "Free, Free!". A lady gave us a potato looking blob (I think it was something else) and told us that they have the food for the Thai people in remembrance of their dead king. "Usually only for Thai, but today we invite you". I was close to tears at that point, maybe it was the heat or the tasty blob or the kind people that saved me from passing out at the entrance of the grand palace.