Is an architecture pearl of Bangkok. A good example of Thai-way doing things. And one of the number-one places to visit in Bangkok.
When to go: 9 am and not a minute later
How to go: Take a taxi to Saphan Taxin – Sathon Pier, here is in thai ท่าเรือสาทร(ตากสิน) or BTS to Saphan Taxin Station
Go to the pier on the left (it is right below the BTS Station)
Buy a ticket for humans is 30 baht per person (they also sell for bourgeoisie 150, 300, 1600 baht …)
You are going to Tha Tien pier but it will not tell you much, so when you see Wat Arun on the left side of the river and you see all white people go out – here is the right station.
So you go out of the boat and move to the other boat on the right to cross the river (it will cost you astronomical sums of money: 3 baht per person). Yes yes in Bangkok you can have fun for 3 baht!
Showing the respect to Thai culture you cannot wear a tank top to go inside and for lady have to cower legs and breasts. Entrance fee was a 100 baht recently.

So the temple. Is a good sample of how Thai people build something and then believe in it.
The guide will tell you that is a Buddhist temple which was named after Aruna, the Indian God of Dawn.
(you can already can feel some kind of dirty trick after that)
So to make it crystal clear Wat Arun shows you an perfect mix of cultures:
1.Khmer (the main tower – Prang will remind you Angkor Wat in Cambodia)
2.Chineese (Chinese pavilions, soldiers and animals surrounds it, towers themselves are decorated with the Chinese seashells which were used like a ballast on ships coming from China)
3.Hindu (you will see a god Indra riding on Erawan, The central prang symbolizes Mount Meru of the Hindu cosmology)
4.Thai (There are two demons, or temple guardian figures, in front and of course selfie of King Rama II in presiding Buddha image which contains his ashes)
5.Different Buddhist decorations added during the centuries
All this together looks so amazing that it is definitely a slight look worth’s many words