Wat Arun-Another Temple

Remember, the famous jade Buddha that is housed in the Temple of the Emerald Buddha? Well, before it was housed there, it was at Wat Arun, better known as the "Temple of Dawn." It looks really impressive in terms of height, but it isn't coated in gold and covered in mirrored mosaic designs. It is impressive none-the-less. It is 269 feet high.

Dan and Pat climbed up to the top, leaving the rest of us to try to stay cool at the bottom.  You can see from the photo below the view of the city and river below is would have been beautiful back when it was built at the beginning of the 19th century. Since the river was the main way of efficient, quick travel, locating the temple on along the river way was efficient and logical.