Golden Mount (Wat Saket)

The red labels below each Buddha show the days of the week. One Buddha for each day of the week, except for Wednesday which has two Buddhas. Wonder what is so special about Wednesday?

Bangkok: A Sort of Homecoming

June 25th 2013
Prologue I lived in Bangkok in 1994 and 1995 in the days before the metro and skytrain and before Suvarnabhumi Airport. At that time, roads were almost always gridlocked and it took a long time to travel even a short distance. I remember it once took me over two hours to drive 5 miles to work. The city was crowded, noisy and polluted, but it was also endlessly fascinating. One o ... 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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