The Dragon Temple in Samphran

About 40 km west of #Bangkok lies the district of #Samphran, where there is a rather odd-looking #Wat or #Buddhist #temple. The temple complex has a giant #golden #Buddha #statue and several #shrines and smaller #statues within, but the one that draws the eyes of tourists is a 17-storey pink #tower with an enormous #dragon wrapped around it. The dragon is hollow and is possible to climb through its body all the way to the top, but the stairs are in such poor condition that only a few isolated sections of the dragon are safe to climb. Some parts of the temple are also closed to the public or to foreigners.

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