Buddha at Wat Pho
Victory Monument
The reclining Buddha at Wat Pho. You can only see inches of it while you walk down the hall and then you can look down his length at the end. It is gigantic!!!
In the temple housing the reclining buddha. If you place a coin in each of these 108 bowls, you will receive great fortune and a long life.
The reclining buddha. The image depicts the buddha before entering nirvana after acheiving englightenment (I believe...). It's incredible, the face is at least 20 feet tall.
The feet of the reclining buddha with some random people.. The soles are all inscripted in mother of pearl with holy scenes.
The Grand Palace. Built by King Rama I? The present king moved the royal residence though, so the family does not live here still.
More of the reclining buddha (different temple, these photos are all out of order..)
Inside the royal palace complex.
Offerings of flowers and incense.
Wat Phra Kaew, inside the Royal Palace. Inside here houses the Emerald Buddha (not allowed to take photos of), supposed to be the holiest image or object in Thailand, many Buddhists make pilgrimages to see it. It has a long history and has been in the possesion of India, Sri Lanka and Cambodia. It's a seated buddha. It's actually quite tiny and high up supported on all these beams. Took me about 10 minutes to actually see it!
Royal Palace building.
Commemorates the king's white elephants. These elephants are very sacred, and every one in Thailand (wild or not) belongs to the king. They were given to the king as gifts and kept in the royal residency. But became kind of a bother to keep receiving all these elephants, so now there is only one in the residence at Dusit and a farm somewhere has a bunch more. Supposed to be where the term "white elephant" or "the elephant in the room" came from...
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