The Historian · Chai · Bangkok
Wat Pho
I come here for the epigraphic stones, not the gold. Rama III commissioned an entire encyclopedia carved into the walls. Nobody reads it.
Bangkok's oldest university. The Reclining Buddha is famous. The stone inscriptions in the courtyard are what matters.
— Chai, The Historian
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