Wat Pho

Two weeks ago (August 25th) Emily, Mary-Katherine, Christian, Ty and I went to Wat Pho. It contains the temple of the Reclining Buddha, a must see in Thailand. The Reclining Buddha is 15m high and 43m long and quite magnificent. I didn't realize how massive it would be so when I adorned my lime green "polite" robe (to cover my shoulders) and stepped into the temple, I was struck by the beauty and size of the Reclining Buddha.

Not the best photo of the Reclining Buddha, but there were so many tourists cramping my photo style!

 A wall of tranquil Buddha statues. 

We explored around the grounds for a while because there are several wats and it's full of cool sculptures and temples to visit. 

 

Emily and I inside one of the many temples. 

 Mary-Katherine and I posing in front of one of the stupas. There are almost 100 on the grounds of Wat Pho and all are intricately decorated.

A very famous massage school is located right next to the Reclining Buddha and we all got 30 minutes Thai massages. Some parts of the massage were quite painful because they focus on myofascial release and stretching but we all felt amazing afterwards. I definitely want to go back when my mom comes to visit in December! 

 
Here we are waiting outside the parlor for our massages. 

After exploring Wat Pho we headed over to Little India and ate at a restaurant, Royal India, that we heard about from our guide book. It was quite funny getting there though because we had to get a cab or walk, but were all slightly delirious from our relaxing massages. After a few frustrating conversations with taxi drivers and looking at the map we carried, we realized we were just a few blocks from Little India. It just took a bit longer than normal because we all were loping along at a leisurely pace :) 

Here is the group content after a tasty meal of Indian food.