Archive for March, 2011

Bangkok and Phuket (Part 2)

The temple tour and more…..

Our very first stop was the Reclining Buddha Temple which has the longest statue of Buddha. The statue is 46m long and is gold plated.

Reclining Buddha Temple Pic credit: Supriya Kurpad

Next we visited the Marble Temple which is locally known as Wat Benchamabophit, meaning Temple of the fifth king.

Marble Temple Pic Credit: Supriya Kurpad

The temple complex has many statues of Buddha in various poses – walking, sitting, meditating, preaching etc!

Buddha in various poses Pic credit : Supriya Kurpad  Read more...

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Priya Q on March 31st 2011 in Guest posts, Travelogue..My Travel Diary

Bangkok and Phuket (Part 1)

Guilty as charged, I have been out of loop lately. Everyone told me rather warned me of how little time I would I have for myself let alone blogging after the little ones’ arrival. But, frankly it was more due to health reasons that I could not devote time to writing travelogues or recipes on my other blog site – Akshayapatram, as much as I wanted to. Anyways, am back albeit I will still take it slow.

Today am going to share with you a travelogue about Bangkok and Phuket written by a young traveller Supriya Kurpad, who shares with us her excitement, anxiety and inhibitions, centred on this trip…  Read more...

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Priya Q on March 28th 2011 in Guest posts