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On the West Bank of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand, sits one of the city’s most popular sights – Wat Arun. This Buddhist temple, also known as the Temple of Dawn, is characterized by it’s tall prangs (towers) that rise high above the temple and river below them. The towers are beautifully decorated in different coloured porcelain to give Wat Arun it’s unique look.
If you’ve taken a ferry along the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, there is no doubt that you have probably seen Wat Arun at some point, and this is also the best way to get there. From Tha Tien Pier (also the best stop for Wat Pho), you can take the cross river ferry to Wat Arun for 3 Baht. The entrance fee to the temple costs 50 Baht.
Wat Arun is definitely one of my favourite temples in Thailand, and in my opinion, it shines above the rest when the sun sets behind it in the late afternoon.
The cross river ferry at Wat Arun
Guardian statues at Wat Arun
A Buddhist flower offering at Wat Arun
The tall prangs (towers) that characterize the temple
A Buddha statue in front of the towers
Buddhist bells at Wat Arun
A steep staircase gives access to the top of the central prang. Climb to the top for great views of Bangkok.
Demon statues “hold up” the prang
View of the Chao Phraya River from the central prang at Wat Arun
It’s a long way down the steep stair case on the central prang at Wat Arun
Flowers in the gardens of Wat Arun
Approaching Wat Arun at sunset on the Chao Phraya River ferry
Wat Arun at sunset
That’s an awesome sunset! I also love your shot of the pink flowers.
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Thanks Brock. The sunset at Wat Arun is quite an experience!
Great photos, Dean. You’ve captured the atmosphere of the place really well and that isn’t easy to do. Lovely stuff.
Thanks Roy! It’s not hard to take good photos of a place like this. The place itself does most of the work 😉 Cheers!
Beautiful pictures, Love the last of the sunset.
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