Thursday we went Nakhon Pathom to see the famous Phra Pathom Chedi. It was a long planned trip. The distance isn't that great from us, only 49km, so, we used our motorbike. I have a GPS to help navigation, however we still encounter some difficulties. Later I found out the reason: I left the setting in 'walker' mode, so it tried to navigate me the fastest way including some rarely used footpaths too. Anyway, we made it there.
Phra Patom Chedi is one of Thailand's holiest Buddhist place, and also the tallest Chedi in the Kingdom with its just over 120 meters height. Chedis are built over relics, so, they doesn't function as real buildings, ie. you can't go into them.
It was a bit bad timing, as they are renovating it now, so the Chedi looks a bit like a hedgehog. There is a pleasant walk around it, with many Buddha statues in different positions, and countless leelawadee trees with different colors of flowers. Certainly we donated some money to our birth day Buddha, which is the mighty looking seated one with the 5-7 headed snake behind his head. All 3 of us born on same day, Saturday.
It was a great trip. We also stopped another temple, but I will write a different entry for that!
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