"Wat a mouthful"

Wat Benchamabophit Dusitvanaram or the Marble Temple is in Central Bangkok. The Carrara marble was imported from Italy by His Majesty King Rama V in order to become a suitable memorial for his reign and to keep his remains beneath the Chinnarat Buddha image (one of the most revered in Thailand).

I arrived here by tuk-tuk in the middle of the day and it was a welcome relief to sit under the trees and feel the cool breeze and smell the incense wafting through the air.