Temple of Dawn

Wat Arun is on the west bank of the Chao Phraya river. It's believed that after fighting the Burmese army in Ayutthaya King Taksin arrived at this temple just as dawn was breaking. He later had the temple renovated and renamed it the Temple of the Dawn. The spire of Wat Arun is over 70 meters high, delicately decorated with tiny pieces of coloured glass and Chinese porcelain. What looks almost dirty from a distance truly is beautiful when viewed up close.

We slowely made it up the large steps to a lovely view point just below the spire. From there you could see modern Bangkok off in the distance. While Bangkok is filled with many lovely and very colorful temples this one was the most impressive to me. It seemed subtle and majestic compared to the everything surrounding it.