Friday, April 25, 2008

Wat Jong Kum-Wat Jong Klang




Buddhist temple/monastery near the Lake Jong Kum in Mae Hong Son (taken late in the afternoon)

The area around the lake is a conducive place for strolling and eating out. There are several food stalls that you can choose from. Once you've ordered, you can choose to sit on the straw mats and eat on low tables set-up beside the lake. The area is usually breezy, and while eating, you can hear the banyan leaf bells from the top of the chedis, and the chirping birds (they can be quite noisy) perched on the mini-pagoda in the middle of the lake.

zoom in.

2 comments:

MJ Tatel said...

Superb, bro. Picturesque. Makes me remember "Tomb Raider" scene. Except that Angkor Wat's in the background. Btw, are you not visiting Angkor in Cambodia? It's 6-hour bus ride daw from Bangkok.

Ulysses Salgado Cabayao said...

hehehe. hmm, that's interesting. =) but then again, i'll just have to wait for the time when the apostolate will take me to cambodia...