Wat Klang

(The next reference point is a ruin located directly across from the exit of previous site. It can be spotted on the right-hand side of the road.)


Wat Klang is an ancient monastery lying adjacent to the active temple Wat Klang Khlong Takhian. In situ is a brick mound with a damaged Buddhist image. Near Wat Klang was a ferry crossing across the Chao Phraya River, linking the monasteries with Tha Wang Chai. The marine vessel dockyard was situated near the mouth of Khlong Takhian and housed 30 marine warships and over 100 smaller fighting vessels under the supervision of the Phraya Rachawangsan.


(Return route: Continue on the same road. It will bypass a school with several astrological symbols at its gate – rabbits, tigers, oxen, snakes, etc. Shortly afterward, you will arrive at an intersection leading to a bridge. This will link you back to Bike Route #6. Once you have crossed over the bridge, you will have finished with the official Western loop. Bike east from this point onward.)

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