Wat Bang Phli Yai Nai is located in the province of Samutprakarn. Conveniently located only 20kms from the new Suvarnabhumi airport it is close enough to visit if you are just on a short stopover between flights via Bangkok.
If you expect to see other tourists wandering around the temple grounds, don't hold your breath, because you will probably be the only foreigner in the area. This is not Buddhist temple that many tourists get to see.
Setting out mid-morning, so as to miss most of the traffic on Srinakarin Road, the day didn't quite go as expected.
The plan was to visit Wat Bang Phli Yai Klang; the site of the longest reclining Buddha image in Thailand, even longer than the one more frequently visited at Wat Pho. An extremely important and unique temple and one not to miss.
However it was not to be; using the power of the internet and the amazing Google maps application, whilst seated in my hotel room, I managed to locate Wat Bang Phli Yai Nai in error; an error that wasn't to be realised until a few hours later when we arrived at the stunning entrance gate.
Nevertheless it turned out to be an enjoyable few hours and it is a more famous and interesting temple than it first seemed.