Tuesday, April 01, 2008 3:14 pm
23/3/08
Morning call at 8, veri tired sia..first stop went to the Chao Phaya River to take their express river boat and vist the temples by the river.
One of the temples we passed by
First Stop: Temple of the Dawn(Wat Arun)
To get to the top of the temple, you have to climb those very steep staircase its super steep la, u have to use both hands and grab onto e railings and pull urself up. And most of the old ppl stop after climbing the 1st staircase, cuz e next one is even steeper.
After that, we went to the Temple of Reclining Buddha(Wat Pho), its the home to more than 1000 buddha images and also the largest Buddha, the Reclining Buddha in Thailand.
The other budhha images
With a donation of 20 baht, the person will give u a bowl of coins, and as u drop 1 coin into each bowl, you can make 1 wish
Went to the country's gem shop after that, the tour guide say bo bian have to go de, cuz govt sae mus bring us go..lol..but no one bought anything la, so ex sia..den went for our lunch. After lunch, started our 3hr journey to the Thai/Cambodia border. Halfway during the journey went to another temple again..haiz..the Wat Sothon Wararam Worawihan. In this temple, their main buddha is the "Luang Pho Sothon" regarded as one of the most revered Buddha images in Thailand.
According to legend, Luang Pho Sothon (left picture) floated down the Bang Pakong River to the site of the temple. Efforts to retrieve it were unsuccessful until a villager had a small shrine erected on the site and performed a ceremony welcoming the image to the community.
Continued our journey after tt, crossed the border and we are in Cambodia! Haha..and since e hotel was very near, we use walking de lo..and our luggages were transported by this
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This guy in e hat waited for
3 hrs to get our lugagge...pro sia
And in that area, 3/4 of their transport is that cart la, can even see those veri young kids pulling the cart, poor thing sia..but even though their country is poor, cambodia is like Las Vegas like tt, because their security is veri bad, after 5pm, tourists are nt allowed to leave the border area, so our movements were restricted in tt tiny area..and in tt tiny tiny area, they have 3 big casinos! This including our "Grand Diamond" hotel..lol
One of the casinos
Our room