Friday, December 10, 2010

Wat Doi Suthep - The Temple for Gold Bugs

Wat Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Visiting Wat Doi Suthep today demonstrated very clearly the Thais understanding of gold as a precious metal. The only metal worthy of covering their most sacred relics for thousands of years. Even the Thai money, the Baht used to be a reference to a weight of gold (just like Pound Sterling used to be a weight of sterling silver).

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