loha prasat

when i was in bangkok in january, i really didn't know of this place. i walked from the giant swing all the way to where the golden mount is located and i found one of my new favorite bangkok sights, wat rachanadda, best known as the loha prasat. when i was there, not much tourists were around so i was able to have some me time in its labyrinthine passages as well as climbing its levels, along the way learning buddhist teachings. i should be back here the next time i'm in bangkok.

according to time, "The Loha Prasat is one of Bangkok's more eccentric religious buildings, a metal-tipped complex of concentric boxes that resembles the inner sanctum of an Egyptian tomb. If climbing its levels or browsing the adjoining market for outlandishly showy Buddha amulets builds up an appetite, adjoining Mahachai Road just happens to host the Thipsamai restaurant, (66-2) 221 6280. It's famed for its pad thai, lusciously soft noodles heaped from fiery woks and served with giant prawns and egg as gleaming yellow as the nearby spire of the famed Golden Mount."