On the way to the other Burmese temple:
Traffic here is light since Sangklaburi's remote (close to Burma) yet the...
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"Beautiful rural greeneries"
The scooter fee is quite reasonable 'coz you're rewarded with such...
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The hilltop temple view from below:
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"Nice golden chedis!"
- Such an artistic entrance way.
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Closer view of the 3 golden chedis:
- They looked big when blown-up.
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Finally, the temple:
- The tower looks very much like the "Apocalypse Now" tower....
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"Lion entrance"
- Big lions & nice mosaic above me.
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Another shot of the temple:
This is a postcard photo which must've been taken sometime ago (when the...
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The gold tower once again:
- See the glassed standing Buddha on the right?
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Closer view of the golden tower:
- The cupola above it is nice & big! (Nice triangular roofs too below it.)
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A different profile of the golden tower:
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Upward shot of the tower:
- All the holes (round & squared) contains small Buddha figurines.
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And the view at ground level:
- Lots of Buddha figurines!
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Closer view of the figurines:
- They're cute especially the ones with cobra heads covering.
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More cute figurines:
- Sitting, standing, reclining, cobra-head covering, & etc.
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The last of the figurines:
- The sitting golden Buddha is out of place!
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A monk giving due respect:
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More statues:
- The Buddha's face got covered! (That's not nice.)
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Overview of the statues:
- I just gotta have a photo of me with them!
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"Giving respect to the 3 amigos"
- White Burmese Buddhas are so lovely!
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Closer view of the 1st Buddha:
- Really lovely!
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Closer view of the 2nd Buddha:
- The flowers compliments the sight.
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Closer view of the 3rd Buddha:
- The golden goose & umbrella behind it are cute. Nice monk robe too!
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The temple's bell tower:
- It's really big but my other pics of it came out bad!
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"The 3 Pagoda Pass" [Burma]
- This place should actually be called "The 3 white chedi Pass" since...
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"Nice trees & houses "
Incidentally: - Burma cost $5 for a daytrip to any border it shares with...
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"More beautiful trees & houses:
As I mentioned back in the previous articles, we did a lot of hitching...
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Overview of the rurals:
Of course, taking an overnite bus saves a lot of time as you then wake up the...
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The bus stop:
But since this place is close to Burma, then there are frequent check-points...
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"Beautiful greeneries"
Anyway, it was after a long interrogation with no progress at hand that the...
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More beautiful rural sceneries:
Indeed, that interrogation was pure non-sense 'coz we had authentic...
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Beautiful yet empty lake:
It was a few moments later when I realized why the border officials...
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Still the solitary lake:
- This is not the same photo as the previous one though it's the...
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A different angle of the lake:
As for the officers, well, it was actually just 1 croc yet the other...
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A blurry rural scenery:
As for the Thais involved in drug trafficking & human smuggling,...
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Panoramic view of a long wooden bridge:
If you may recall with Sanghklaburi Part I, the rural sceneries there were...
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Really nice mountain curves & lake:
- The blurryness is actually my style of artistic photography, he, he, he!
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#14 is Phuket:
Sangkhlaburi is the farthest north we ventured in this trip of...
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