To me, this was a surprise in Bangkok! as i had never expect to see such a beautiful European style building in the middle of Bangkok. It was made of marble. King Chulalongkorn ordered to built this, and it took 8 years to complete, after his death. The architect, artist were brought in from Italy. There are hand painted paintings up in the dome, but with thai elements.
"The Ananda Samakhom Throne Hall was constructed in the Italian Renaissance and Neo Classic style of architecture. The exterior is decorated with marble from Carrara, Italy. " from http://www.palaces.thai.net/night/new/vm/ananda.htm
Yaowarat Road (chinatown)
Famous with market in the morning, and restaurants, road side food stalls at night, and also bird nest & shark fins.
Things here are EXPENSIVE! a place of wan tan mee cost 50 baht (RM5) at a road side stall!!
Wat Arun- Temple of Dawn
Situated along Chao Phraya River, opposite of the Grand Palace. We missed the nice view at dawn time as we visited this place in the morning.
Notice the staircase on the right, visitor can climb up to the 3rd tier.
The staircase are almost 90 degrees! I stopped climbing up on the 2nd tier, the guys move up.Wat Pho
There is a reclining Buddha in this temple. Behind it, there is 7 Gods. Thai people had a different God for each day, ex: Monday God, Tuesday God....If you are born on Monday, they you pray to Monday God. (this is what i heard when "eavesdropping" at a nearby tour guide doing his commentry)
Other than as a place for pray, this Wat was also a traditional Thai Medicine school and very old Thai Massage School. You can find many ancient plaques inscribed with medical texts were placed around the temple.
The feet of Buddha
For medicine teaching?
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