We went on a ‘religious’ tour of the city today. Pretty much it just consisted of going to a bunch of the different shrines/temples around Bangkok. It’s insane how much they put into their religion. Tons of people come to the shrines every day to pray and make sacrifices every day to the Buddha’s. They all seem so dependent on something that’s so dead, and can’t actually do anything for them.
But then at the same time, it’s really weird because they’ve turned their temples into tourist attractions. They charge money to get into a bunch of them, we went outside the Presidential temple today, they charge about $10 a person, just to see the Buddha that their King worships.
Here’s a couple pictures of the temples, they’re really cool looking:
Bottom Left: This Buddha is called the Reclining Buddha. It’s literally reclining. As in it’s a 42 meter gold statue that’s lying down.
Bottom Right: The Presidential Temple. It’s in the complex that the president lives in so it’s crazy touristy.
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