Bangkok – Page 2 – TravelArtFood

Golden Mount

Several temples with many buddha statues situated around and on a hill. Great views over Bangkok.

Money Gifting

This is taking presenting money as a gift in a decorative way to a whole new level. What a piece of art!
… and how much money was used, I wonder?

This temple is just behind the Grand Palace. Its many pagodas have ceramic decorations. Just beautiful.
The main attraction though is the longest reclining Buddha. 46 meters! They surely must have build the temple around it.

The temple complex is one of the six top royal temples and houses the largest collection of Buddha images in Thailand.

On site is also the school of Thai medicine which is attributed to be the birthplace of Thai massage. A museum informs about uses of different spices and herbs as well as anatomical techniques. It also had air condition which drew in even uninterested tourist. You can book a walk-in massage session at the school on site.

Wat Arun – Decorations

I kept wondering: Whose china service had been used? How many plates did end up on the walls? What tools did they use to cut (I want them)? Where did the shells come from?

Wat Arun

WOW – the size of the pagoda is impressive but also what an unexpected decoration style! Detail photos in next post.

Another interesting feature were again the many Asians dressed up in traditional clothing, posing everywhere, photographers swarming them like paparazzis. I didn’t mind having any of the pretty ladies walking into my photos. I actually tried to take sneaky photos of them.

This temple is Khmer style and is located across the river from the Grand Palace.