Saturday, May 3, 2014

Wat Tha Ton

Next morning after a wonderful banana pancake breakfast Pan & Andy took us to the temple in the hills overlooking Tha Ton.  With a clear blue sky and the sun warming us after a surprisingly cool night we loved the beautiful views over the region and the more modern design of this temple.

Dragons are very much in evidence in and around the temple...

...in fact you spiral upwards through a dragon's body, as if on the journey from life to death.
Inside here were the relics of an old monk...
...and thanks given to those who donated towards the cost of building this temple.

Back down to explore the surroundings...


Look carefully and you will see lots of black areas on this Buddha: 
some crafty bees had built their nests there and nobody dare climb on the Buddha to retrieve the wild honey!
Pick your favourite Buddha!

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