Bangkok: Temple of the Reclining Buddha

After enjoying the beautiful temple and halls at the Grand Palace, we decided to go to one more temple before calling it a day.  We saw on Trip Advisor that Wat Pho, better known as Temple of the Reclining Buddha, was one of the top things to see in Bangkok.  It wasn't far from the Grand Palace so we walked on over.  We had no idea what the Reclining Buddha looked like before entering this temple so we were quite surprised when we saw it.

That is one big Buddha!

The Reclining Buddha is 50 ft tall and 141 ft long!  It was unbelievable!  The pictures just don't do this temple justice.  

A little persepective 

A place where you could pray in front of the Buddha 

A view from the feet. Notice the very small
people in the bottom left. 

The soles of Buddha's feet.  There are 108 panels that
represent the 108 characters of Buddha. 

There were 108 bronze bowls along this wall
and you could drop coins in each one
for good luck.

Fountain outside of the temple.

Golden Buddhas along some of the outside walls

Decorative doorways

We learned that the temples are a safe haven for cats so there are tons of them as you are walking around.  Buddhists, especially monks, do not kill animals and they have to have a solution for their mouse problem.  The mice will eat the monk's scrolls and ancient documents so they keep the cats around to eat the mice.

Cat sleeping on a chedi.

Long row of Buddhas

Buddha in another temple within the Wat Pho

A few of the chedis which contain the ashes of
royal family

I'm so glad we decided to see one more temple because this one was fantastic!  Highly recommend it!