The Beautiful Temple Of Dawn

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yawares
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The Beautiful Temple Of Dawn

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Dear Members,

This Thursday, I would like to take you all to see the beautiful Wat Arun-Rajavanaram.
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This temple is so very close to my girl-junior-high school, every morning while I was boarding on a boat to cross the Chao-Phraya River to my school I would see the sun rising right by the exquisite pagoda of Wat Arun(Arun=dawn/sunrise). My teachers from Sillapakorn Univ(for artists). loved to take us girls to this temple to draw/sketch pictures of trees/flowers/Buddhas/pagoda etc. that we wanted to draw...I loved the 2 beautiful green/white giants here very very much.[/color]
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Those days when the Thai king wanted to do big ceremony of the Thai Royal Barge Procession, my school was like the best place to watch right there on the bank of the river. Only once that I was lucky to watch the procession at my school, giggled with my friends/teachers.

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(please be patient because the most beautiful royal barges came later)

During weekends, I/my 2 friends loved to row our small individual-boats along the river without life-jackets because we were great swimmers, we always stopped at Wat Arun to rest/lunch. Sometimes we were all wet from heads to toes while sitting at a restaurant, we kept our money in plastic bags and pinned them to our red t-shirts(or money would float away)...funny 12-13yrs old tomboy girls rowed the boats all day...fun fun fun. : :jumping:

Love Wat Arun/Royal Barge Procession,
yawares :heart:
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Beautiful!
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David N. Snyder wrote:Beautiful!
Dear David,

Love your comment :heart:
yawares :jumping:
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Yawares:
Great pictures. I am staying about 2 blocks from the Temple and plan to go tomorrow to take some pictures.
I love your Country and can see myself returning here someday, maybe to stay.
Love and Peace
Dennie :anjali:
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Dennie wrote:Yawares:
Great pictures. I am staying about 2 blocks from the Temple and plan to go tomorrow to take some pictures.
I love your Country and can see myself returning here someday, maybe to stay.
Love and Peace
Dennie :anjali:
Dear Dennie,

Oh great!...Then you're so so close to the most beautiful Wat Phra Kaew(Emerald Buddha) and Wat Bho(Reclining Buddha) just take the boat to cross Chao Phraya River. If you have time ..please take the boat to BANG-PA-IN about 25 minutes from where you stay...you'll love this boat sightseeing trip....and you should go to Wat Trimit..to see the biggest/beautiful 100% pure gold Buddha statue...if you want to see picture..please read my post The Beautiful Metteyya Buddha/The Golden Buddha Statue..I'm sure you have a good guide to show you around.
Thailand to Hold Majestic Royal Barge Procession on 9 November 2012
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Please post your tour story so we all can enjoy reading!
yawares
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Dear Members,

My neighbors will get away from Texas cold weather to visit Bangkok..They asked me about the most beautiful places to see/the tour...I let them read all my posts @ DW Shrine room...they love every pictures/places including this Temple Of Dawn..I told them also take a ferry boat cruising along Chao Phraya River to see beautiful places:

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Wat Phra Kaew
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Bang Pa In Royal Palace, Ayutthaya Province, Thailand
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I hope they'll :heart: love tour in Thailand,
yawares
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Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn), Bangkok, Thailand
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Wat Arun at night..boat tour
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*******tidathep :heart: :anjali:
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