Wat Phuttabat

Phra Phutthabat Shrine literally means the Buddhas Footprints. They are housed in the Mondop located on the shelf of Suwan Banphot Hill or Satchaphan Khiri Hill, Amphoe Phra Phutthabat, 31 kilometers from the provincial town. From Saraburi one takes a left turn and travels one kilometer before arriving at Amphoe Phra Phutthabat .

The footprints were discovered in the reign of King Songtham of Ayutthaya. There are two annual fairs celebrating the footprints. The first one falls on the 8th waxing moon day to the 1st waning moon day of the 3rd lunar month. The second falls on the 8th waxing moon day to the 1st waning moon day of the 4th lunar month. That many visitors are visit for prayer there.

---Open daily ----

Bang Pa-In Palace

After visited sun flower farm we move on to Bang Pa-In Palace. Here very nice view and nice environment, The Royal Palace and Bang Pa-In has a history dating back to the 17th century. According to a chronicle of Ayutthaya, King Prasat Thong (1629 - 1656) had a palace constructed on Bang Pa-In Island in the Chao Phraya River. A contemporary Dutch merchant, Jeremias van Vliet, reported that King Prasat Thong was an illegitimate son of King Ekathotsarot (1605 - 1610/11), who in his youth was shipwrecked on that Island and had son by a woman who be friended him. The boy grew up to become a Chief Minister. After having usurped the throne, he became known as King Prasat Thong.

The Chinese-style two-storey mansion was built by the equivalent of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and presented to King Chulalongkorn in 1889. Prince Ookhtomsky recorded that.
"It is really a palace of romance, with ornamented tiled floors, massive ebony furniture, gold, silver, and porcelain freely used for decorative purposes, and delicate fretwork on the columns and on the windows. Evidently we have before us the principal sight of Bang Pa-In. The Emperor of China himself can scarely have a palace much finer than this!"
The ground floor contains a Chinese-style throne; the upper storey houses as alter enshrining the name plates of King Mongkut and King Chulalongkorn with their respective queens.

--- Open daily from 8.30 am to 4.00pm----

Admission 50bath for foreigner, Thai people 30bath and 20bath for student.

What to eat at Bangkok

Let check it out what you can eat, I like to eat koey teaw sup or "koey teaw rea" is very cheap. You can get only 25 bart for 1 plate of koey teaw sup. Nyumm Nyumm very good taste.

Catfish BBQ with salt, teste very salty come togather with thai sauce along the way from Sunflower farm we stop for lunch at Real Thai Restaurant that many type of special food over here.

In Thailand, tom yum is usually made with prawns (tom yum goong), chicken (tom yum gai), fish (tom yum pla), or mixed seafood (tom yum talay or tom yum po taek) and mushrooms - usually straw or oyster mushrooms. The soup is often topped with generous sprinkling of fresh chopped coriander (cilantro) leaves.

The less popular variety of tom yum is tom yum nam khon where coconut milk is added to the broth. This is not to be confused with tom kha or tom kha gai - where the galanga flavor dominates the soup. Nyumm Nyumm if you come Thailand dont forget to eat tomyam!!

Fish salat (yum pla) cook with vege and sprout bean's. I will never forget having this wonderful salad while sitting at a table over looking the Chau Praya River and having to fend off a small kitty who wanted my salad! This salad is the perfect balance of hot-sweet-salty-sour that is the heart of Thai cuisine.

--- Let's eat ----

Sun flower farm

During my visit to temple I also got time to visit Largest Sun flower farm in Lob buri. The largest sunflower field is situation in Tambon Chong Sarika, Phatthana Nikom District, Lob buri, Thailand. Sun flower or call as Thantawan as in thai. Away from Bangkok 30 kilometers along Lop Buri-Saraburi Road, then turn left into Highway No.21 and travel further for 15 kilometers. The sunflower field is located approximately 45 kilometers from Lop Buri the town.

The sunflowers are full blossom from November to January; attract tourists to visit Lop Buri-Saraburi. Tourist will see the largest sunflower field along the road, romantic for lovers.

The characteristic of sunflower normally are facing the sunlight with its bouquet and leaf. The sunflower seed is the popular snack which is very yummy. The attractive places near sunflower field are Khuen Pa Sak Cholasit and bee farm. Bee farm’s location is at Soi 24 Sai Tri, Mo 9 Phatthana Nikhom District, Lop Buri, its center distributes information and knowledge on Bee cultivation in Thailand and they also sell honey.

----Open daily------

Entrance 5 bart per person.

Wat Saket

Moving next temple it was Wat Saket or also known as Golden Mount, or in thai called "Wat Phu Khao Tong". It rises within compound of Wat Saket its 58 meter high chedi surmounted by a golden cupola.

This temple was build by King Rama I just outside the news city walls in late 18th century temple. According to people who taking care of that temple says, "During the following 100 years, the temple became the dumping ground for some 60,000 plague victims. The Golden Mount was added to the compound in the early 19th century, when King Rama III built a huge chedi which collapsed into a hill of rubble. Buddhist belief holds that religious buildings cannot be destroyed, and many years later King Rama V topped the debris with another chedi in which he placed relics, believed by some to be the Buddha's teeth". It's believe in that place itself.

We visit that temple and climb the 318 steps to the cupola, there is candle and joss stick are selling upstairs to do canting or player. As you climb to the top, you can enjoy magnificent panoramic views of Bangkok.

----Open daily 8:00 to 21:00----
Location between Boriphat read and Lan Luang road.

Wat Prak Keaw

First temple that I visit was Wat Prak Keaw or it's called as Temple of the Emerald Buddha (official known as Wat Phra Sri Rattana Satsadaram) is regarded as the most important temple in Thailand. Wat Prak Keaw is located in centre of Bangkok, within that which around of Wat Prak Keaw got ground of the Grand Palace the Emerald Buddha, the greatly honored Buddha image metriculously carved from a single block of jede.

The construction of the temple started when King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama1) moved the capital from Thonburi to Bangkok.

The other attraction in Wat phra Keaw is included a model of Angkor Wat, which was build under the order of King Rama iv when Combodia was under Siamese control.

---- As a guide for you Wat Prak Keaw on duty from 10:00 to 14:00 ----

Note: This temple are scared places that you must dress appropriately, there is no short, slipper, sandals or revealing tops. Otherwise you simply won't be allowed in. But there's facility for that for you. Admission is 125 bath per person.

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Bangkok

Before Bangkok became the capital of Thailand in 1782 and the center of Thai government, many city-states formed loosely organized principalities. Military might determined which state was ruler within the larger area. In order to unify the Thai states into a unitary nation, government officials and the Thai people requested by invatation Phra Buddha Yodea Chulaloke to become the first king of the Chakri period and became known as King Rama I. Ayuthia at the time was virtuly completely destroyed by constant attacks from the Burmese. The Palace was then located in Thonburi and stood in a bend of the Chao Phraya river and was threatened by erosion. It was also sandwiched between two monistaries so extending its precints were not possible. Thus King Rama I moved the palace to a more strategic site across the river where it stands today. The raising of the city pillar took place on the 21st of April, 1782 at 6:45 AM. King Chulaloke ordered that a moat be dug at a distance of 2 kilometers from the Royal Palace and 7.2 kilometers long. This moat today is called Klong Bang Lamphu and Klong Ong Ang leaving the river to the north of the city and rejoining it in the south. Strong and solid walls were then constructed along the inner side of the moat being 3.6 meters high and 2.7 meters thick broken by 16 gates and 16 forts. two of the forts remain today as historic monuments along with 200 meters of the wall, namely, Fort Mahakan and Fort Phrasumen. One of the Kings important duties is to promote Buddhism along with enccouraging the other religions of his people. Thus the the renovation of the old temples and building of new ones have been the characteristic tradition of the Kingdom and her society up to the present day. The history of Bangkok is depected in her all important palaces, temples, building, and monuments. This infor is taken from Bangkok Magazine.
For this time I was in Bangkok for 6 day's, places that I travel mostly is temple. Very good impression of Bangkok Temple you also can view it and see it by yourself.