The Marble Temple (Wat Benchamabopitr) Bangkok

69 Nakornpathom Rd, Dusit Bangkok , Thailand - Phone: 66 2 282 7413

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    Temples, Tailors and Touts

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    Today we decided to explore Bangkok and see what it has to offer. Using the trusty Lonely Planet as our guide we had a rough idea of where we wanted to go and headed off on the Metro to our first destination. An additional tuk tuk ride later and we were standing at Wat Benchamabophit, aka the Marble Temple. This temple can be found on the back of a …

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    sight-seeing in Bangkok - first day

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    very lazy start (much needed sleep by all) meant a late start and rush for breakfast but then sight-seeing in earnest with a veritable trophy of temples and monuments including Wat Benchamabopitr, Wat Arun, Wat Saket, the Grand Palace and Wat Pho. Along with may others we can't find on the map/guide we're using. Took the express boat from Saphan …

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    Bangkok Madness

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    I've been to my fair share or capital cities in South East Asia but nothing had prepared me for the non-stop, 24 hour madness of Bangkok and Khao San Road!

    We arrived after a very comfortable, 2 hour journey from Ayuthaya into Hualamphong Train Station in Bangkok. After reading about all the Tuk Tuk scams and violent, untrustworthy …

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    Tuk tuks and pad thai

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    Arrived in Bangkok on tuesday afternoon and ended up having an eventful trip to the hostel! Got on the wrong bus but eventually arrived safe and sound thanks to a taxi.

    Tim is very pleased at the price of beer (60-100bht or 1-2 pounds) and the amount of food available at the food stands and at a very good price. We have sampled the local …

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    Ping Pong Shoooooowwww?

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    So, I didn't mention that to get to the airport from Shanghai, we took the Maglev, which is the super fast Chinese train. When you look out the windows the traffic looks likes it's tilted, and almost going backwards. I feel this is how I should travel from now on, so I wonder what kind of cost is invovled in building my own high-speed railway. …

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    Killer Ants

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    I have decided I love the travelling life but I do look forward to the time when we can stay more than a few days in one place. It would be nice to wake up and not be completely disorientated and to unpack properly. In the hostel we stayed in in Bangkok I also decided it would be nice to wake up not covered in ants. When I say covered I mean …

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    The Sights and Smells of Bangkok

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    2/3/12

    Friday was a day of temple viewing. They are strict here about what you wear in the temples so I had to make sure I had a skirt to cover my knees and a shirt that covered shoulders. Shoes don't matter as you just have to take them off any way. The temples here, although old, seem more modern that the ones we saw in Cambodia. They …

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    Playing with Tigers

    17/09/07

    Arrived in Bangkok Airport, Got a taxi to our hotel D'pelecan inn, we booked in here for three nights , First impression was it is Dirty, smelly, rundown . After walking around for a bit you get used to it, But for the sake of our bellies we headed for McDonalds for the grub, back at the hotel we had a few games of darts and a …

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    Making the Best of a Bad Situation

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    ... public. The temple houses the Lucky Buddha, a small golden Buddha that is nearly 1200 years old. From there, I went to the Marble Temple, a vast complex with a huge temple in the middle made entirely (except for all the gold and what not) of expensive ...

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    What I did on my school holidays Part 1

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    ... went to the Wats. Fair few of those, but probably 4 or 5 will last most people - I saw the big ones like Wat Po and the Marble temple etc. And popped in on a more homely one or two. One in China town was quite good - I must have stumbled into the evening ...

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    Welcome to Asia

    ... was a nice guy. I walked in and was out within 5 mins, the driver had his voucher and we were off to the marble temple. I wandered round and watched people setting up for celebrations in the evening. I sat down with some police officers watching tv to ...

  • 4

    First real day in Bangkok

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    ... boarded a tuk-tuk for a ride to a few other sites further north and east. This included stops at Wat Si Taram, the Marble Temple, and a gem factory before arriving at the Dunsit Zoo. Here I had a rather spicy lunch, stir fried spicy basil leaves ...

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    The Marble Temple

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    ... or gestures of the Buddha which are represented by these statues. This is out of a total of about 80. You can visit the Marble Temple at any time during the day. Entrance fee for foreigners is 20 baht. My blog, more stories!! : ...

  • 6

    Bangkok

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    ... .  We went in and pretended we were interested, took a card and said we might come back.  Our next stop was the marble temple which was very impressive and then we were back in the tuktuk.  We asked to go to the station and then back to ...

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    Tuk-Tuks & Temples...lots of temples!

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    ... I actually wanted to go). I made it to 'Big Buddha' another buddha that looks the same as the rest only slightly larger. The marble temple was really pretty, in the North of the city near to the Kings statue, this temple is made entirely of marble with ...

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    Wrong side of thailand

    ... and with some horrendous adn scary driving took us back to khao san road and actually said NO! when we asked to go and see the marble temple!  All reasonably funny but add to this a bad stomach and a LOT of heat - not so much. Let's hope this luck ...

  • 9

    Second day in Bangkok

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    ... us to the temples and to the Mansion all for 20 Bahts. The Lucky Buddha was interesting but before we headed to the Marble Temple, he insisted that we go shopping. We refused but we were basically kidnapped to a "factory direct jewelry shop". After we ...

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    Wat's up!

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    ... was discovered to be made of gold. Next I went on to the Standing Buddha, this being the tallest at 32 metres, then on to the marble temple. At intervals I tried some local cuisine and was shocked to find a food that I did not like (I will add this to my ...