Ibrahim Jabbari
WHERE: Bangkok, Thailand
Wat Pho occupies prime real estate in Bangkok, just off the Chao Phraya river and right next to the Grand Palace. Of course, its resident is no ordinary Bangkokian but rather a 150-foot gold-covered reclining Buddha, the bottoms of his 10-foot feet covered with 108 auspicious signs of the Buddha inlaid in mother-of-pearl. Walk farther into the complex and you’ll reach a monastery and Bangkok’s oldest university, where the monks run a Thai massage school.
