Wat Suthat Bangkok

Es nuestro tercer día en Bangkok, el plan para hoy era ir a ver el Templo del Budha de Esmeralda y el Grand Palace pero todavía nos demoramos un poco en "activarnos" (una palabra que utilizaremos mucho durante el viaje) y, aunque juntamos desayuno y almuerzo en un “fried rice with chicken”, al final decidimos cambiar de plan e ir a dar …

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 …

Day 1: My journey began surprised at the cleanliness and organization of the Bangkok airport. As I exited with all my bags (grateful that they all arrived) I was greeted by a line of brightly colored taxis. I requested a taxi from a young lady at the taxi counter who asked where we were going and rabidly shouted to one of the taxi drivers. He …

Say three in Bangkok. I am starting to feel a bit sick. I was told it would happen and that I would have to deal with it. Hopefully it will not get worse.
I think it is the combination of the fauna from the food (probably not the water as I have only drunk bottle water - even cleaned my teeth with bottled water), the heat and the humidity.
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... as many of the other Buddhas, the sheer size of  it is really impressive.  http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/thailand/bangkok/ Wat Po is the biggest temple I've ever been to, it just keeps going and going.  You walk around a ...

... road and had lunch at the excellent Arawy vegetarian restaurant near the 'big swing'. After lunch I had quiet wonder around Wat Suthat Thepwararam - Temple of immeasurable Charm. There were statues of horses within the temple grounds, which looked a ...

... ;s. But the most breathtaking was the 46 meters long and 15 meters high Reclining Buddha (http://www.sacred-destinations.com/thailand/bangkok-wat-pho). Our eyes already saw a vast excess of gold and our tummies indicated hunger, but we continued on ...

... bowls for the monks. In fact, there are literally dozes of "Buddha shops" around here selling many objects for Buddhists. Work on Wat Suthat was started in 1807 during the reign of King Rama I. He felt that his new capital in Bangkok needed a large ...

... Thai New Year. Here is the list of the temples together with what you can gain from each visit: 1. Wat Suthat - Good vision 2. Wat Chanasongkram - Victory over difficult obstacles 3. Wat Arum (Temple of Dawn) - A prosperous life 4. City Pillar ...

... carpinteros, llegamos a Wat Sakhet, The Golden Mountain. Llegar a Wat Sakhet resultó un poco más fácil que llegar a Wat Suthat. Bangkok es enorme y bastante caótica pero la verdad es que cuando consigues un mejor mapa y logras orientarte, llegar a ...

... 6 Baht). After tracking down our tuk-tuk we headed for some temples and palaces to do the touristy photography thing. We checked out Wat Suthat (20 Baht tourist entry) and got a few snaps. Its glorious craftsmenship in all of these places. We then took a ...

... (Phra Pinklao Bridge), Santichai Phrakarn Park (Phrasumeru Fort), Khao San Road (BangLumphu), Chao Pho Sua Shrine (Tiger God), Wat Suthat (Giant Swing), Democracy Monument, Saranrom Park, Pak Klong Talad (Flower market), Tian Pier (Wat Pho), Chang Pier ...

... notice that this area of Bangkok doesn't have any skyscrapers so you can see quite far. Nearby I could see the Giant Swing at Wat Suthat and of course the Golden Mount at Wat Saket. This is another place that gives you panoramic views. It is also much ...

... good, but the fact that he picked us up from there might have given the game away. In the end, he stopped at some traffic lights, by Wat Suthat and the Giant Swing. At the time, we had no idea where we were, but it was a big temple, so we decided to ...