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 Pai is a small town in Mae Hong Son Province, Northern Thailand, near the Myanmar border. The town is located along the way called Mae Hong Son loop that is a 600km circuit that starts from Chiang Mai and goes through the province of Mae Hong Son. Although there are many views, the city is named after the Pai river.

 The temple, Wat Jet Yod (or Wat Chet Yot), was built in 1455 by the 9th King of Lanna, King Tilokarat (1442-1487) to host the Eighth World Buddhist Council in 1477, which revised the Tripitaka (Buddhist canon and teachings).
  The temple was originally called Wat Botharam Mahavihara in honor of the venerated Bodhi tree the king planted and is called Wat Jet Yod from the seven-spired chedi. (Jet Yod = seven spires) They say that the square sided design of the Virhra with seven peaks was copied from Mahabodhi temple in Bodhgaya, India,
  Three chedis stand in the spacious grounds. The largest contains the ashes of King Tilokarat.

Sangkhlaburi (Sangkhla Buri) is a calm and beautiful western-most district in Kanchanaburi, located more than 300 kilometers away from Bangkok, around the border between Myanmar and Thailand.

Early morning scenery around Mon Bridge (Saphan Mon), the Thailand's longest wooden bridge. You may often see this kind of scenery around temples; people wait for monks in line with offerings such as food and drinks.

  Wat Samanratanaram is famous for the temple which has Thailand's largest reclining Ganesha, which is 16 meters high and 22 meters wide.
Ganesha
  Ganesha is one of the Hindu deities, the eldest son of the destroyer god, Shiva and his wife, Parvati, has an elephant head and four arms, rides on a mouse. Ganesha is worshipped as the god of wisdom and education and remover of obstacles. In Thailand, Ganesha is called Phra Phikanet, or Phra Phikanesuan as well.
  In Hindu, he is known as one of the five deities; Surya (the Sun God), Vishnu (the preserver), Shiva ( the destroyer), Durga (Goddess of Power) and Ganesha.

The elephant head
  There are some legends about the elephant head.
  When Shiva's wife, Parvati, was taking a bath, she made a boy, "Ganesha", out of the dirt of her body. She asked her son to protect the entrance of the bathroom. Soon, her husband, "Shiva" came back and was going to enter the bathroom, however, a strange boy, Ganesha, was protecting there and wouldn't let him in.
  Shiva didn't know the boy was his son and got really mad ! He cut Ganesha's head off and threw it somewhere far away. Ahhh ...
  After that, when the mother, Parvati, knew that, she cried and cried. Shiva felt very sorry and dashed out to find the head. ...

Wat Arun (Wat Arunratchawararam Ratchaworamahavihara),
also known as "Temple of the Dawn", is located on the west bank of Chao Phraya River in Thonburi. It's said that the temple is the most beautiful at dawn. The famous temple, Wat Po, is on the opposite side of the river.
Wat Arun provided the setting for the third part, "Akatsuki no Tera (meaning "Temple of the Dawn" in Japanese)" of the novel, "Hojo no Umi (The Sea of Fertility tetralogy)", written by the Japanese famous novelist, Yukio Mishima (1925-1970).

Maruekhathaiyawan Palace is a summer seaside palace, often referred to as "the palace of love and hope". It was built in 1923 under the royal command of King Rama VI using golden teakwood from the demolished "Hat Chao Samran Palace". An Italian architect was hired to design the palace.

Talking of palace and teakwood, you may come up with the "Vimanmek Mansion Palace" in Bangkok, however, this palace, Maruekhathaiyawan Palace, is a one-story building and has a total of one thousand and eighty pillars with three parts of the area: the area for the royal family in the right, for the royal retainers in the left and the area for the reading room, sitting room and drawing room around the center.
The passage to the ocean and small buildings on the beach are very impressive.