I'm home now and pretty exhausted. The last 18 days have been amazing, but it is always good to be home. So during our time in Bangkok, we went to lots of temples. We were still in awe from the Grand Palace
when it was time to view the Reclining Buddha (Wat Po). This 150 foot sculpture is covered in
gold. The feet are 10 feet high with 108
signs of the Buddha in-laid in mother of pearl.
The Reclining Buddha is definitely worth seeing. There are many bowls lined up to put coins in
to make a wish. You can also put gold
leaf on the Buddha to pray for good health and good luck. This was one of our favorite sights.
Next we stopped at the Temple of Dawn
(Wat Arun) located near the river. This
temple is covered in mosaics of broken Chinese porcelain. We started to notice that some of the Buddha
sculptures looked different. There is
the chubby Buddha with the smiley face adopted from the Chinese, known as Happy
Buddha.
We took a temple break for a long-tail boat ride in the
canal on the Chao Phraya River. We went up the river and saw the
homes of people that live along side the water.
We saw lots of catfish. The water
looked very dirty, but it was fun to see the city from the boat. After a long morning of sightseeing it was time for lunch. More coming soon about Bangkok...
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