Beitou (北投) is a district of Taipei City at the foot of Yangmingshan (陽明山 or Yangming Mountain), a collection of mountain peaks that make up Yangminshan National Park. These include Seven Star Mountain (七星山 or Qixingshan), a dormant volcano that last erupted around 700,000 years ago.
Xinbeitou (新北投), the hot spring village around Xinbeitou MRT station, occupies a lush valley that is home to 1200 species of plants, 110 species of bird, and 160 varieties of butterflies.
Beitou Thermal Valley (also called Beitou Geothermal Valley or Hell Valley) is a second, highly acidic “green sulfur” hot spring that is a major tourist attraction in Beitou and the source of the hot creek running through Beitou Hot Spring Park.
The spring water is high in radium, which in the past underwent a corrosive reaction with the andesite rocks on the river bed about 150 meters downstream, creating layers of cream and white diamond-shaped crystals named Hokutolite or “Beitou stone”, ...
Bang Nam Phueng Floating Market ตลาดน้ำบางน้ำผึ้ง is in Bang Nam Phueng Subdistrict, Phra Pradaeng District, Samut Prakan Province adjacent to Wat Bang Nam Phueng Nai temple and considered as a part of Bang Kachao, a nice area on a bend of the Chao Phraya River.
The market was inaugurated in 2004 by the local subdistrict authority to help locals move an oversupply of agricultural products. Its vendors limited to people from the community. The market is on a canal surrounded by a residential neighborhood. Products include commercial crops such as fruits and sweets, noodles, processed food, sea shells, dried shrimp, pickled shrimp, desserts, grain cakes, and fruit.
With a seemingly endless variety of snacks and Thai food as well as souvenirs it’s a great place for anyone to visit. Open on the weekends and being very near the center of Bangkok it’s easy to get to and you can make it part of a day trip by visiting other sites like the park in Bang Kachao. I...
Wat Samphao Lom วัดสำเภาล่ม
Wat Samphao Lom or the Monastery of the Capsized Junk is still in use by the Buddhist clergy. The temple is located off Ayutthaya's city island in the southern area.
The large ordination hall or ubosot has been completely renovated, hence its new name
Wat Tham Mai, the newly made monastery. Only the inner walls are the last remaining part of the old monastery. The interior of the renovated ubosot is very beautiful decorated with 3D murals.
Historical data about the monastery and its construction is not known, like most things in Ayutthaya, after all of the records were destroyed from the war.
The monastery bears the name of Samphao Lom Village. Ban Samphao Lom was situated near the Chao Phraya River in present Samphao Lom Sub-district.
An old record of the temple is this; "Between the modern and the ancient capital, Bangkok and Ayutthaya , is a village called the “Sunken Ship,” the houses being erected round a mast which towers above the ...
Wat Prot Ket Chettharam Phra Pradaeng, Samut Prakan is an important temple established in Rama III's reign. Its architecture received Chinese influence with an exceptional gable decorated with delicate ceramics. It is the only Thai Buddhist temple in Phra Pradaeng, as other temples within the area are Mon style Buddhist temples.
Wat Prot Ket was built by Phraya Phetphichai ( Ket ) during the reign of King Rama II in Chinese architecture style, without the traditional Thai style roof decorations.
Phra Pradaeng was the original center of the area south of Bangkok near the mouth of the Chao Phraya river. Originally named Nakhon Khuan Khan it was settled by Mon people.
In 1815, King Rama II built the Pom Phlaeng Faifa fort at the river bend. The fort is now located in a small park and accessible for visitors.
The temple has several interesting things to see. It’s said to contain the largest reclining Buddha in Samar Prakan as well as a sala that was used by King Rama VIII and Rama IX (when ...
