Usually we are not sitting in place. At least once in a couple of months, we try to get away somewhere to the whole family. At least for the weekend, at least in the neighboring city. However, over the past year (by virtue of famous joyful events), we traveled only once - from Moscow to Phuket. Therefore, as soon as our son is a little used to us, and we are to him, they immediately gathered on the road.
To begin with, we decided to explore the neighborhood of Phuket and the nearest provinces on our pickup. By the way, it turned out that Stephen, despite the young age in a couple of weeks, also likes to travel. On the way, he usually immediately falls asleep - the trip in the car acts better any lullabies.
The first point is the province of Phang-Nga neighboring Phuket. Known by its natural parks with waterfalls, hills of unrealistic beauty, which as if served by the decorations of the film "Avatar", and a large number of temples. One of the most famous is located quite close to Phuket - just 25 kilometers, but tourists get here rarely. And in vain.
It turned out that Stefan loves to travel in her half months too.
Wat Kaeo Manee Si Mahathai is translated as a temple of a sitting monk. If you look from the road, at first it seems that this is the usual Buddhist complex: big, beautiful, peaceful. While the look does not rest in the gigantic monk of dark gray, a height of five - a seven-storey house. It looks like this figure at the first moment even frighteningly. Who is it? What is he doing here? Locals, with difficulty expressing in English, were able to explain only that this statue of the monk is the biggest in Thailand. And also showed us gong located nearby. It is enough to make a desire and lose this gong. If you hear a deep transparent sound, then your soul is your pure, and the desire will surely come true.
Local landscapes seemed to be scenery to the film "Avatar".
There are in the territory of the temple complex and another amazing place. It is a pity that it is impossible to photograph there, yes, however, pictures and will not pass those emotions that cover here. This is something like the museum of wax figures. A small room where the twilight reigns, and monks are sitting along the walls. On the one hand, it looks somewhat frightening - very much monks look like alive. On the other hand, at five minutes later, some strange feeling appears in the room, which I am not ready to estimate somehow objectively. I'm afraid to ride to the pathos phrases about goodness and peace. But something in this place really is such that I do not want to leave.
Here we spent a couple of hours until I realized that it was time to continue our journey ...
Continued ...
Read the previous history of Olga here, and where it all starts - here.