wat traimit

January 15th 2020
Wait until the tree has fallen before you jump over it… ~ Thai Proverb HE SAID... Today we were continuing to explore the bustling city of Bangkok. Having explored a few old haunts on our first day in Bangkok, we’d succumbed to jet lag and crashed early, which often occurs when travel exhaustion and unrelenting heat collide. It’s such a heady mix. But here I was ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more

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This blog documents the feeding of our travel addiction - one country at a time. Travel is an essential part of our life, and we'll continue to travel until our addiction wanes (which probably won't be in this lifetime)! The more we travel, the more we see; and the more we see, the more we understand that we know so little - which is a brilliant thing. We love the little corner of south eastern Australia we call home, but we are at our happiest when throwing ourselves into a new adventure and experiencing new cultures. Rather than doing round-the-world trips, our preferred style of trave... full info

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14th September 2020

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

For a long time they didn't know it was made of gold
One funny thing about the golden Buddha at Wat Traimit is that for a long time they didn't know it was made of gold. They thought it was made of much cheaper material. But then they accidentally dropped it and the cheaper materal broke and revealed a hidden solid gold statue. /Ake

15th September 2020

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

Re: For a long time they didn't know it was made of gold
Hi Ake, I haven't logged in for a while - so nice to se all your comments. I hadn't heard that story about this golden buddha, but there's a similar story about the emerald buddha... apparently it had been clad in plaster to protect it from pillagers, but then forgotten about. Years later the plaster cracked when in was dropped and revealed the very sacred emerald buddha that they though had been lost :)

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