Wat Po, Reclining Bhudda

Bangkok & Overnight train

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April 26th 2007
Today the group heads out for a river tour in a long tail boat, before returning back to dock and heading for Wat Po, the Wat directly behind the Grand Palace that contains the reclining Bhudda. We eat lunch with our guide at her University in the centre of Bangkok, and it costs only 30 THB (About 50 pence) including a drink. After lunch we head back to our hotel, pack, and then board our over ... 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