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Popular Post TP1 Posted June 7, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 7, 2015 Wat Pa Chathu Ratcham, Manchakiri district, Khon Kaen. Under construction. Some of the statues inside. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tifino Posted June 9, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 9, 2015 (edited) A dangerous place to be near these days, as you are getting too close to Yala Province trouble area. But, inside the caves of a hillside, right on the Border, 10 km West of Padang Besar, at Kaouloobchang, is: Wat Tham Khao Rup Chang. Developed over the last 36 years by the current monk, who inherited the massive task from his predecessor, who brought the style back to imitate the temple of same discipline in China. Pre-danger times, I went here between 1981 and 1995, and haven't been back since. This temple had always remained off the list tourist destinations, until more recently attracting mainland PRC Chinese Visitor Tours there's a map to it here: http://hatyaiairportthai.com/en/popular-destinations/79/wat-tham-khao-rup-chang http://www.panoramio.com/photo/79117520 always kept this photo, handed to me by the Monk of that time (1981) if you haven't been attacked by now, then this is the turn off to the temple: I retained any Postacards and/all Brochures that the Monk had at the time. A Sample: I hope to return - but it may be in another lifetime apart from the Big Buddha Cave, there are others in this hillside complex, some by sidestep crawling through passageways, to other caves. The Big Buddha is about 65 ft high, and in another cave is a reclining Buddha, just as majestic in size. Edited June 9, 2015 by tifino 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 2alex4alex Posted June 10, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 10, 2015 Wat Neramit Vipatsana ,Dansai. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fiddlesticks Posted June 13, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 13, 2015 What do you do when the tourists are crawling all over every square cm of one of the famous wats? You focus on the not-so-popular buildings. Here is one of the pavilions on the grounds of Wat Benchamabophit (the Marble Temple) here in Bangkok. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chonburiram Posted June 15, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 15, 2015 Phra Pathom Chedi, Nakorn Pathom 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post shaggy1969 Posted June 18, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 18, 2015 Wat a difference. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TP1 Posted June 21, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2015 Yesterday I visited, wat phra bat phu pan kham. Next to the Ubanrat dam, Khon Kaen. I climbed all these stairs and when I reached the top, I realised that I could have gone there by car. It was too late by then and I suffer today with pains on my legs. I do blame my g/f for not noticing the road going up, as I will never accept responsibility of my wrongdoings. The stairs up. The wat on top. The huge white Buddha statue at the top of the wat. The stairs down 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fiddlesticks Posted June 21, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2015 A truly swingin wat! Wat Suthat, Bangkok 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy1969 Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Yesterday I visited, wat phra bat phu pan kham. Next to the Ubanrat dam, Khon Kaen. I climbed all these stairs and when I reached the top, I realised that I could have gone there by car. It was too late by then and I suffer today with pains on my legs. Done exactly the same thing at one of the Wat's in Kalasin TP,I believe that there were over 800 steps to the top. Exhausted and sweating we finally reach the top (after stopping many times to catch a breath) only to be greeted by my BIL,who was sat there in his pickup,grinning like a Cheshire cat and enjoying an nice cold Ice tea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chonburiram Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Fiddlesticks, Your colours look a bit off. Is it a recent pic? This was taken before the swing was dismantled for restoration. Would like to know, if it's back on it's old place. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddlesticks Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Fiddlesticks, Your colours look a bit off. Is it a recent pic? This was taken before the swing was dismantled for restoration. Would like to know, if it's back on it's old place. ImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect Thailand1434888111.828137.jpg Yup, took it this morning in the bright sunlight. Still in the same place, right out front of Wat Suthat. Can't help the colors since I wasn't involved in the painting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrhitchens Posted June 21, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2015 Three Monks by David Hitchens, on Flickr 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post shaggy1969 Posted June 21, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2015 Wat Ban Nong Waeng (Kalasin) 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddlesticks Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Wat Ban Nong Waeng (Kalasin) Great sun star! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dancealot Posted June 21, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2015 Great sun star! You must feel liberated and blessed with blue skies, clouds and the sun. Nice! At night at the back of a temple: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fiddlesticks Posted June 21, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2015 Hey DAL, I like the Goth temple look also But back to blue skies . . . 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TP1 Posted June 22, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 22, 2015 Half way up the stairs to Wat phra bat phu pan kham, post #608, there is a small shrine that houses the footprint of Buddha. Judjing from the size of the footprint, approx. 1.5 meter length by 70cm wide, Buddha must have have been a giant? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post FracturedRabbit Posted June 22, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 22, 2015 A small supplicant in an unfinished temple P6210546-Edit by Spike Tennyson, on Flickr 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goompa Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 A small supplicant in an unfinished temple Wow ! That image speaks loud ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fiddlesticks Posted June 23, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2015 Wat Pho, Bangkok 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post shaggy1969 Posted July 4, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2015 Wat Tung Sad Tee (Khon Kaen province) 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post shaggy1969 Posted July 4, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2015 Wat Pa Huay Lad (Phurua,Loei province) 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Beng Posted July 5, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 5, 2015 Wat Phra That Doi Kham 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post philthebook Posted July 8, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 8, 2015 Koh Samui Aerial Photos 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dancealot Posted July 17, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 17, 2015 Doy Suthep, Chiang Mai; The crouching angle need to get the whole temple. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post villagefarang Posted July 19, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 19, 2015 A couple of iPhone shot at a new temple near Mae Suai on the drive from Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai on the 118. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chonburiram Posted July 31, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 31, 2015 Today is the beginning of the Buddhist Lent, so, quite a few people in the Temples 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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