Wat Chai Mongkron

This guide to Wat Chai Mongkron in Pattaya follows a centuries-old Buddha image that has sat on this same lane since long before the city became a resort strip. You'll hear how a fishing-village temple founded in 1937 grew into a royal monastery, and meet the honored teacher whose meditation practice still draws devotees today. It also stops at an unexpected corner of the grounds: a working school teaching a healing art as old as the temple itself.