Sleeping
Posted by BarbBella Bella House
Rooms are clean and spartan and have rickety beds. Bathrooms are new. Singles have shared bathrooms.
Eating
Posted by BarbPhai Thong
Thai-Chinese restaurant with creative dishes. 11am- 2pm & 5-10pm Sun-Fri, 5-10-m Sat. Across from the Ministry of Interior. Riover ferry Tha Tien & Tha Chang.
Doing
Posted by BarbVipassana Meditation Center
Located in Section 5 of Wat Mahathat. Sitting and walking meditation practice is available in english. Participants can stay within the meditation building (donations are always welcome) as long as they wear white clothes (available at the center) and observe the eight man Buddhist precepts, Some of the precepts are abstention from food after midday and from alcohol, tobacco, drugs and sex at all times. Instruction and talks on metditation and Buddhism are held here every evening from 8-10pm. The International Buddhis Meditation Center (Room 105 or 209) in the temple's Mahachulalongkorn University building also gives talks on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month from 3-5pm.
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