We took a quick boat ride across river Chao Phraya to the other side to visit Wat Arun temple. Wat Arun built by King Rama III is called as the Temple of Dawn, because the first morning light happens to fall on the temple, as it was one of the tallest structure at the time of its construction. The sanskrit or Indian meaning of Arun is dawn. Wat in Thai means place of worship. There are thousands of buddist temples spread across the entire Thailand. The center tower rises to a height of 67 m, surrounded by a four smaller ones. The steps leading up to the tower are steep. The aerial view of the city from the tower is very impressive, so it is worth it to climb up the tower. After visiting the temple, we took the boat ride back to the other side and off we went for souvenir shopping.
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