Wat Phra Si Sanphet Bangkok

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We spent two full days in Ayutthaya and im fairly sure that we saw everything! On the first day we set out walking and (somehow) ended up at the river. We wandered around the north west corner of the island, going into the …

From what I could see I had two options after Kanchanaburi; either head back to Bangkok and live the city life for four days or continue exploring the smaller and lesser known parts of central Thailand. Not wanting a repeat of the experiences I had from the last city I stayed in I opted to carry on moving, my flight to Seoul being the main goal and …

A peine sortis du train, nous sommes abordés par les chauffeurs de tuk tuk. Un premier nous propose 200 baht pour aller à l'hôtel et visiter la ville ! Nous prenons un autre tuk tuk pour 100 baht seulement.

Nous arrivons à l'hôtel et à notre surprise nous ne sommes pas dans une chambre donnant sur la cour mais dans une donnant sur l' …

On Sunday we packed our kit up, slung our backpacks on our shoulders, navigated the Bangkok underground system and headed off to the central train station. Anticipating a real challenge we were pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to buy a ticket to our next destination; Ayuthaya. The train was proper basic, but great. All we had to do was just …

... in their search but removed the heads of every Buddha image. We visited Wat RatchaBurana built in 1424 by King Borommaracha, Wat Phra Si Sanphet once Ayuttaya's most glorious temple and out to the back of this site was the location of the then Palace ...

... a 3 stop route, he changed his mind and dropped me at one temple as he said I had no money! The first stop was Wat Phra Si Sanphet and the historical building of Wihaan Mangkhan Bophit, which housed a very large Buddha. The next which was my favorite was ...

... home I'll try and add pictures from there.  We almost drove in a complete circle before we happened to find a backdoor entrance to Wat Phra Si Sanphet. We had pulled over in a parking lot to check our map, when I asked a man sitting there, he pointed ...

... in better shape than others. We also saw the second largest Buddha in Thailand at the contemporary temple next to the ruins of Wat Phra Si Sanphet. After multiple temples and lots of sun - a wonderful lunch of noodles, and my favorite meal so far, at ...

... 'a de Buddha envolta em uma árvore, algo considerado por eles um verdadeiro milagre. O terceiro templo que visitamos foi Wat Phra Si Sanphet e seguimos depois para Phra Mongkonbophit, que abriga uma estátua enorme de um Buddha de bronze. Visitamos mais ...