Earlier today we visited two temples on the Chaya Phraya River in Bangkok. We took the public boat to Wat Arun and went in to the grounds. Wat Arun is shown in pictures 1-7. Wat Arun was beautiful because all the chedis (buildings in the temple) were embedded with mosaics and beautiful designs. We went to Wat Arun at 5:00pm when it was not so busy. The sunset at Wat Arun was beautiful. Scattered around Wat Arun’s grounds were beautiful little trees trimmed to perfection.

The chedis all had stone monsters holding up the chedi, they were very pretty. Near the top of each chedi there was a window where there was three stone elephants that were looking over Wat Arun.

I really like this chedi because I think the designs on it are beautiful.

This is a picture of one of the stone monsters holding up the chedi.

In this photo you can really see the three elephants. Can you spot the moon?

This photo really captures the presence of the beautiful chedi. Which photo of Wat Arun is your favourite? (please reply in a comment).

After Wat Arun we took a short boat to Wat Pho (pronounced Po) in Bangkok. Wat Pho is home to Thailand’s 3rd longest reclining Buddha. The Buddha is 46 metres (150 feet) long!!

In Wat  Pho there are many paintings, I think the paintings are amazingly well painted.

This is a small Buddha statue next to the huge reclining Buddha statue.

This is a statue on the grounds of Wat Pho, he has a really long moustache.

This is a chedi at Wat Pho, not as impressive as the ones at Wat Arun but still very nice.

This is a tiny statue in front of one of Wat Pho’s chedis. I think it looks really nice.

Here is my Mom and Denise in front of one of Wat Pho’s chedis. It sure was a great day at Wat Arun and Wat Pho.