Well, we're nearly at end of our little trip, but first we have to visit Wat Thang Sai, which has to be the most beautiful building I have visited in Thailand (bear in mind I've never visited Ayutthaya, Sukhotai or Wat Arun, so I may not be in a position to compare). I'm going to indulge myself with quite a few photos of this place, as I really do think it's beautiful.
As I said before, we had seen this fairytale place with gold turrets and a gold Buddha up on the hill at the end of the beach. I was really looking forward to seeing it, so was really glad the visit was included.
Nearest the parking lot was the seated Buddha
Even from here, the views were spectacular, but I really wanted to see the Wat itself. So, off littl'un & I went, up a series of steps which wound through pleasant gardens.
This is the first view we got of the Wat
Pretty impressive, huh? The white things lining the staircase on either side are dragons. My son asked me why they were there & I told him if bad people tried to approach the Wat, they turned into real dragons and ate them. (
) He said there must have been a lot of bad people to eat, for the dragons to get so big (clever kid, huh?)
This is a closer view of the Wat; if you look closely you can see Buddha statues against stained glass windows on the second floor and even the turrets (chedi's??) housed little statues.
