Wat Benchamabopit Temple also called the Marble Temple is another beautiful temple
in Bangkok and a major tourist attraction.The name Wat Benchamabopit derives from
the gleaming white Carrara marble from Italy from which it is constructed.
Wat Benchamabophit is also different for its use of European designs mixed with traditional
Thai architecture. The main bot contains a golden Buddha statue against an illuminated blue backdrop. Behind the main bot there is a cloister that contains more then 50 bronze Buddha
images in various styles.
The Grand Palace is Bangkok's most famous landmark. Built in 1782 and for 150 years it was the residence of the Thai King, the Royal court and the administrative seat of government. The Grand Palace is nowadays used only for occasional ceremonial purposes and is no longer the royal residence.
The present King Bhumibol (Rama IX) lives in Chitralada Palace (not open o tourists) Although several royal ceremonies and other state functions are held within the walls of the palace each year. The whole complex remains
the spiritual heart and pride of Thailand.
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Club Route 66
Located in RCA (Royal City Avenue) and adjacent to the clubs Flix/Slim, Route 66
is divided into three clubs and a large terrace space that spills out to the road, and
three areas inside
The center of Route 66 is the big disco room where mostly hip hop and modern dance
music is played. In front of the DJ booth, there are numerous tables that fill up with guests
and their bottles as the evening progresses. The larger and most popular area plays
modern dance music including Hip Hop and techno and offers many famous international
DJ,s. The other area feature live Thai bands with mainly Thai music and the farthest one
inside is the Techno/Trance area. More....
Wat Pho is a temple in Phra Nakhon district in Bangkok. It is located in the
Rattanakosin district directly adjacent to the Grand Palace. It is also Known
as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha but the official name is Wat Phra
Chettuphon Wimon Mangkhlaram Ratchaworamahawihan. Wat Pho got its
name from a monastery in India where Buddha is believed to have lived.
Before the temple was founded, this site was a center of education of
traditional Thai medicine, where statues were made showing different
yoga positions.
Adjacent to the building housing the Reclining Buddha there is in a small
garden with a bodhi tree in the center which is propagated from the original
tree in India where Buddha sat under while awaiting enlightenment. More about this
Wat Arun - The Temple of Dawn a Buddhist temple located in the Yai district of Bangkok on
the Thonburi west bank of the Chao Phraya River. It is is named after Aruna, the Indian God
of Dawn. Wat Arun is one of the best known landmarks in Thailand. The most fantastic
scenery of the monuments can be viewed from the east side of the river at sunset, when
the spires of Wat Arun make an impressive glittering silhouette against the water and skyline.
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The high towering prang with its four smaller towers was initiated by Rama II in the
early part of the nineteenth century, and then completed by his successor Rama III
but the temple in which the prang now lies is in fact much older and dates back
from the Ayutthaya period during King Taksin's reign. In the middle of each side of
the square formed by the smaller prangs are pavilions housing Buddha images that
depicts the four stages of Buddha's life - birth, meditation, preaching and enlightenment.
These images are meant to guard the stairways up to the second and third levels of the
big prang. Today you can only access the first level as the stairways to the other levels
are to steep and can be a risky climb.
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Dusit Zoo Bangkok, also called Khao Din Wana, houses around 1,600 international and domestic animals, including white Bengal tigers, lions and albino wallaby's. Dusit Zoo was Thailand's first zoo and has been an attraction in Bangkok for 60 years. Surrounded by other important landmarks like Parliament,The Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall, and Chitralada Palace the Zoo is conveniently located next to a lot of attractions.There are quite a few animals to be viewed at Dusit Zoo like alligators, hippos, tigers, lions, elephants and many species of birds and reptiles.
