Temple fashion #1 Cover your legs and shoulders. While many “ordinary” temples in Thailand carries no dress code, you should still keep this in mind. Be respectful!
The stairs on the temple are pretty steep. The stunning tower rises 79 meters above ground!
Anyone can write a wish on this banner embracing the temple.
Getting our fortune told. You have to shake this cup full of fortunes until one falls out. On this, is a number. You then have to remember the number so you can collect a piece of paper holding your fotune. If it’s not a good fortune, you are adviced throw it away.
Notice all the carming detals. It is decorated with ceramic tiles and fragments of multi colored porcelain covering every last bit. Wat means temple in Thai. Arun comes from Aruna, the Indian God of Dawn.
I recently went with a friend of mine to help out some Thai students with their tourism project. They had to take us around Bangkok, and one of our destinations was Wat Arun. I was actually pretty glad when I heard, since I hadn’t been there for ages. I guess I should get better at just travelling around Bangkok and seeing the sights. There are over 31200 Buddhist temples spread around in Thailand, but Wat Arun is one to stand out. You should definitely visit if you’re in town. Thought I must warn you, it gets pretty hot at daytime. If you want to see an even more spectacular view, you should definitely see the temple from the east side of the river at sunset. At this time the temple is actually sparkling.
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