Not far from the station is Wat Traimit with its impressive Buddah, the largest solid gold statue in the world, 3 m high and weighing more than 5 tonnes. (Wat = temple in Thai, so you'll be seeing that word a few times in future posts!)
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| It was hard to get a good view as the temple is hemmed in between more recent buildings |
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| The aforementioned Buddah |
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| Buddhism is a part of everyday life for the Thais |
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| Beautiful flowers at the base of the steps to the temple |
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| A better view of the main 'stupa' with the gates to Chinatown in the foreground |
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| The Thais are a very royalist people, with huge posters of the royal family everywhere |
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| We wandered through the streets around Wat Traimit and found lots of workshops, each one with its own specialism |
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| This one's for Cynthia (Coutret = Cooper in old Vendée) |
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| Ugly but fascinating: a real tangle of overhead cables everywhere! |
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