Wat Pho

Bangkok day two

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August 12th 2013
Today is a national holiday in Thailand to celebrate the Queen's birthday and Mother's Day broadly as she is considered mother of the country. There are banners, portraits and flowers everywhere. And, conveniently, people dont go to work so the infamous traffic isn't too bad. We took the sky train and river ferry to the Wat Pho temple, famous for its giant golden reclining Budha. Wh ... 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