This morning I went to Wat Rong Khun (aka The White Temple) which is just 8 klicks down the road. My speedometer and odometer now work. Boy am I glad the temple is so close, I can't wait to go back and take more pictures.
Here's the wiki for it, to save me the time of just regurgitating something on the internet that already exists...
"a contemporary unconventional Buddhist temple in Chiang Rai,
Thailand. It was designed by Chalermchai Kositpipat. Construction began in 1996
and is expected to be completed 60 - 90 years after the death of the artist and
designer.
Walking around you see buildings being erected, buildings being worked on externally, buildings being worked on internally, and then you get to the 'finished' buildings and you understand why it's going to take so damn long to finish! The 'finished', as I called it, main building is still being developed inside (no cameras allowed).
The main building is simply unbelievable and the level of detail staggering. I'll simply my life and say just look at the picture album I've uploaded rather than talk about it all ad nauseum.
I also took a 1080p video walking through it all. It'll be up eventually, loading it is taking a very long time so I'll post it when it's done.
I will say this, to enter the main building you must pass through what I infer to be hell, balanced on
either side by pillars representing good an evil. After passing through hell you ascend steps to another bridge with dragons flowing of either side of you and the white...
My favorite part was hell, =P
awesome, I didn't realize you were so close to that temple. seen lots of pics of it. hope all's well. Just got back yesterday from a farm in Vermont - visited a friend for a few days and helped build a barge. logs + hand tools = fun.
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