Saturday, July 16, 2011

Wat Poh, Ziplinning and departure from Bangkok

We visited the temple of the Reclining Buddha on Thursday, otherwise known as Wat Poh. The intricate work done on the buildings was very similar to the Royal Palace - large-scale mosaics. We also saw the Buddha which is a humongous reclining buddha made of gold.


Some of the amazing mosaic work.



Our Wat Poh touring group.


The Reclining Buddha.


The head of the Reclining Buddha.


Today we went ziplinning in the rainforest outside of Bangkok. We ziplinned across 24 wires and amongst all the trees. It was amazing! I loved being outside of the city. Having spent a week here, I am ready to head out to another place. The city offers some interesting and cultural sites, but it also has absurd amounts of traffic! It makes getting through the city exhausting. Travelling by cabs is time consuming and not always productive. There is something called the "Sky Train" which is an above ground rail system, but it doesn't reach all aspects of the city.


So, having said that, we are leaving Bangkok tomorrow. We will fly to Chiang Mai and on Wednesday we will fly to Phuket. Although there are less than 1o days left, there are still lots of adventures to be had!


High above the trees on our ziplinning adventure.

3 comments:

  1. You have this incredible ability to make every place you visit look like the most amazing place in the world :-) Ah I'm so jealous of it all! So glad you are having a wonderful time and really making the most of the trip. Hope it continues to be great!


    P.s loving that hat you keep sporting!

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  2. More great memories Jessica!! The ziplining sounds wonderful! You look great:) xxoo

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  3. Blech my last comment did not post!
    I think I said, that I hope you are having a great time in Chiang Mai - I hope you left lots of room in your luggage for all the night market shopping you are about to do! Also, small irk: the Temle is called 'Wat Pho' :)

    I am excited for you to go to Phuket, it looks like a Paradise! Wish I had gotten there, maybe next time, haha! As your mom said, you do look great - no easy feat in the heat and humidity! Yay Jess!

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