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Next to Gran Palace. I had a rainy day, but still I had to see this before leaving Thailand Leave a Comment
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Not complete yet, please don't rate! Leave a Comment Phone: 02-221-991Directions: The entrance to Wat Pho is on Chetuphon road. Entrance is 20B. It's open every day, opening hours are from 08.00am to 5.00pm, with a break from 12.00pm to 1.00pm.Website: http://www.discoverthailand.com/
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On the way from Wat Phra (Grand Palace) to Wat Pho, we heard a lot of liars keep telling us that Wat Pho was closed and offered to bring us to other places. Thanks to other VT members' tips, we knew it was a con!
The entrance fee is THB50 (as at July'06) per person. I read about a secret pathway into the wat that you dont need to pay any penny. Guess what, you actually dont need to pay anything to go in, and nobody ever bother about it. But we only found out about it after we bought the ticket from the ticket booth. Nobody ever ask to check our ticket or anything. Everybody just come and go freely... But hey, just treat it as a good will, so that they can use your money to maintain the wat so your son or grandson can come and visit in the future :)
inside the wat, you can see huge golden reclining Buddha just nicely fitted into the house. It will look nicer if the house can be a little bit bigger so you can view the whole Buddha from a distance. At the feet of the Buddha, there are some drawings which i dont really know what it is, but it is nice.. heheheh.... Then you you will come across a long queue where people put coins into a 12" steel container along the way out. You can donate any amount to get the changes to put into the container. Unluckily, we finished putting our coins into the first few containers before the container ends. I think this is for good luck... Phone: 02-221-991Directions: The entrance to Wat Pho is on Chetuphon road. Entrance is 20B. It's open every day, opening hours are from 08.00am to 5.00pm, with a break from 12.00pm to 1.00pm.Website: http://www.discoverthailand.com/
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On top of being Bangkok's oldest temple is the cradle of Thai Traditional massage and the site of the academy of Thai massage by excelence.
Since the 1960s people from all around the world have come here to learn the art of the massage, related to the Chinese acupuncture and the Indian yoga. A truly Thai experience.
But the big attraction of the temple has to be the Giant Reclining Buddha, which is a whopping 46 metres long ! You definitely cannot see it in one go although the most interesting part of the buddha itself are his feet, designed with mother of pearl and depicting the 108 lakshahnas or auspicious signs of the true Buddha.
Scattered around the complex there are interesting sculpture groups depicting scenes of the religious life, like the one with hermits featuring different poses of yoga and massage. Leave a Comment Directions: The entrance to Wat Pho is on Chetuphon road. Entrance is 20B. It's open every day, opening hours are from 08.00am to 5.00pm, with a break from 12.00pm to 1.00pm.
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One of Bangkok's oldest and largest temples, Wat Pho is famous for its gigantic, gold-plated, reclining Buddha. The temple has an enormous collection of Buddha images and is the centre for the teaching and preservation of traditional Thai medicine. Visitors may like to schedule time for a traditional Thai massage here. Leave a Comment Phone: 02-221-991Directions: The entrance to Wat Pho is on Chetuphon road. Entrance is 20B. It's open every day, opening hours are from 08.00am to 5.00pm, with a break from 12.00pm to 1.00pm.Website: http://www.discoverthailand.com/
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