The last temple in our "temple run" was Wat Arun. It is located on the other side of the Chao Phraya River, separated from Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew and Wat Pho. From Wat Pho, we just had to go back to the pier and take the short boat ride across the river. The fare was just THB3/pax and the ride was just really a couple of minutes.
After alighting from the boat, we just headed towards this huge structure that's one of Bangkok's most famous landmarks. In contrast with the two previous temples, Wat Arun did not have the extensive temple grounds that I was expecting. Anyway, I wasn't complaining at that time because we're already quite tired and we still had to conserve energy for our Grand Pearl Cruise later that night.
After paying the admission fee of THB50/pax, we just roamed around the main prang of the temple, and climbed afterwards. It was very steep, and the staircase was quite narrow. However, the view at the top was rewarding because of the view, though going down was as tough as going up. After Wat Arun, we took the boat ride back to the other side of the river to take a taxi back to our hotel to freshen up for the dinner cruise.
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