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Our initial plan was to rent a moto for touring around the caves, but our gh-grandma ;-) told us the "main" attraction (Buddha cave) was easily done by bike...so we stuck with our bikes :-)
Leaving Thakaek you immediately get a good view of the rising karst mountains in the east. Quite a view we must say! There are several sights around Thakaek and the first stop was Elephant cave where they worship an elephant shaped stalagtite...something like 10y ago the surrounding village was plaged by sickness (which they believed was because they upset the elephant) so they blew up the front of the cave with Dynamite!? Soon after the village was better, they cleared rubble & started worshipping again...lesson learned: When in doubt & prairs don't work?...Use TNT.
2nd stop Xiang cave/turtle lake...no turtles in sight, cold water & a dark cave...youptiedou...nice views though.
Afterwards it was on to the Buddha cave, a small cave about 20m up high in a cliff-face where in 2004 a local found 300 little bronze buddha statues overlooking the rice paddies below. It soon brought tourist$, worshippers & a good road to the small village...the cave & statues itself...not sooooooo impressive to be honest, hell we don't worship.
Lots of frozen juices (to barely try to keep cool) and chocolat/caramel/wafer cookies we settled down for noodle soup & Lao beer on the Mekong waterfront looking at the sun going down over Thailand. Life is good.
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Our initial plan was to rent a moto for touring around the caves, but our gh-grandma ;-) told us the "main" attraction (Buddha cave) was easily done by bike...so we stuck with our bikes :-)Leaving Thakaek you immediately get a good view of the rising karst mountains in the east. Quite a view we must say! There are several sights around Thakaek and the first stop was Elephant cave where they worship an elephant shaped stalagtite...something like 10y ago the surrounding village was plaged by sickness (which they believed was because they upset the elephant) so they blew up the front of the cave with Dynamite!? Soon after the village was better, they cleared rubble & started worshipping again...lesson learned: When in doubt & prairs don't work?...Use TNT.
2nd stop Xiang cave/turtle lake...no turtles in sight, cold water & a dark cave...youptiedou...nice views though.Afterwards it was on to the Buddha cave, a small cave about 20m up high in a cliff-face where in 2004 a local found 300 little bronze buddha statues overlooking the rice paddies below. It soon brought tourist$, worshippers & a good road to the small village...the cave & statues itself...not sooooooo impressive to be honest, hell we don't worship.
Lots of frozen juices (to barely try to keep cool) and chocolat/caramel/wafer cookies we settled down for noodle soup & Lao beer on the Mekong waterfront looking at the sun going down over Thailand. Life is good.
dat lijkt daar geweldig
BeantwoordenVerwijderenzon
fietsen
bergen
water
BIER
en
PEYO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pey ziet er heel gelukkig uit! and life is fabulous I would say. Geniet maar volop. kus, mama
BeantwoordenVerwijderenHeb ik dat goed gezien, traditionel outfit en blote voeten?
BeantwoordenVerwijderenPeyo mooi gekadreerd (Line?) en rest van de fotos doet onze goesting alleen maar toenemen.
Groetjes mams Mieke