The Bread Three

Wat Pho and The Golden Buddha

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December 1st 2006
Bangkok day 3. Temples day. First the Wat Traimit with the world's largest solid gold Buddha!it's not "covered" in gold, it's GOLD itself very deep inside and it's remarkably massive! Then a look at the oldest temple in town (or maybe in Thailand too..dunno, as usual I wasnt paying attention to the guide..) very terrific and very thai.. with the reclining Buddha (or "recycling" Buddha?ah!ah!) a ... 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