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| The Golden Toilet |
The Golden Toilets at
Wat Rong Khun are undoubtedly the finest public toilets in the entire nation.
The White Temple is a Buddhist temple created by Chalermchai Kositpipat
, an architect that earned a fortune working for the Sultan of Brunei. The White Temple is his gift back to his homeland.
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| The White Temple |
In Thailand, important stuff is covered in gold, so the stark white temple with Gaudi-style architecture can cause more than a little confusion. Plenty of tourists come off the bus and head straight for the gleaming gold toilets with cameras flashing.
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| Foot Wash |
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| Private Squatters |
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| flip flops provided |
Maybe the architect was trying to teach us something by making the toilet stand out more than the temple. The guy is an architectural genius; his subliminal messages are pretty clever as well. Things like the groping hands reaching up from below the bridge is kind of creepy. Water-spewing dragon is pretty impressive as well. Inside the temple was a wax reproduction of one of the dead monks that would have made Madame Tussaud proud.
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| the architect - so unassuming! |
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