{"id":628,"date":"2014-05-24T17:36:40","date_gmt":"2014-05-24T17:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/?p=628"},"modified":"2014-06-02T08:31:53","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T08:31:53","slug":"day-21-out-and-about-wat-pho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/?p=628","title":{"rendered":"Day 21 &#8211; Out and About &#8211; Wat Pho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wat Pho (the Temple of the Reclining Buddha) is a must-do for any first-time visitor in Bangkok. It&#8217;s contains the giant gold leaf covered reclining Buddha that is 15 metres tall and 46 metres long. It\u2019s an easy ten minute walk between here and the Grand Palace although in 38deg heat I would do them separately. Wat Pho can be easily reached by the tourist boat which is next to the Saphan Taksin Skytrain (BTS) Station (stop 8 for the Buddha and 9 for the Grand Palace). For us guys it&#8217;s easy (it seems shorts are OK here), just take your shoes (and hat) off, girls, cover shoulders or they will lend you a rather &#8216;attractive&#8217; green gown. The pictures are a little so\/so in their compressed form.\u00a0 Click on the pics for a full sized image.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_634\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-634\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/\/Job_5604.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-634 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/\/Job_5604-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Reclining Buddha\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/Job_5604-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/Job_5604-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click on image for a full size version<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Around every corner there are great little things happening.\u00a0 You can easily spend 3 hours here just wandering around.\u00a0 All that said, there are gold Buddhas everywhere so contain your excitement early and wander around and take the place in.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_631\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-631\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/\/Job_5612.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-631 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/\/Job_5612-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Little Golden Buddhas\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/Job_5612-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/Job_5612-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click on image for a full size version<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I love the old boy laughing at the young buck shaking his thing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_629\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-629\" style=\"width: 223px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/\/Job_5620.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-629 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/\/Job_5620-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"Guarding Wat Pho, the old man watching the young buck and laughing:-)\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/Job_5620-223x300.jpg 223w, http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/Job_5620-761x1024.jpg 761w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-629\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guarding Wat Pho, the old man watching the young buck and laughing:-). Click on image for a full size version<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The area is huge and there&#8217;s heaps going on.\u00a0 Below is the map.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_635\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-635\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/\/P5240164.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-635 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/\/P5240164-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/P5240164-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/P5240164-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click on image for a full size version<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_636\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-636\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/\/P5240165.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-636 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/\/P5240165-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/P5240165-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/P5240165-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click on image for a full size version<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A lot of the out lying areas are under repair but they are doing a great job.\u00a0 This bloke was doing the do not enter signs by hand. Wat Pho is a must see but if you are limited in time make sure you get to the Grand Palace.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_633\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-633\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/\/Job_5610.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-633 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/\/Job_5610-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Job_5610\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/Job_5610-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/Job_5610-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click on image for a full size version<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wat Pho (the Temple of the Reclining Buddha) is a must-do for any first-time visitor in Bangkok. It&#8217;s contains the giant gold leaf covered reclining Buddha that is 15 metres tall and 46 metres long. It\u2019s an easy ten minute walk between here and the Grand Palace although in 38deg heat I would do them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thailand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=628"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":881,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628\/revisions\/881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}