As today was a national holiday in memory of the late, great King Rama 9, who sadly passed away on such day in 2016, my son and I decided that a day out exploring would be appropriate. There are so many fantastic spots for day trips from Bangkok within an hour or 90 minutes. Today, we drove East towards Cambodia; after 45 minutes, we drove through the ancient and historical town of CHANCHOENGSAO (more of that in future videos) but our destination today was another 30 minutes into the countryside - to the district of PHANOM SARAKHAM. However, upon nearing our destination we stumbled upon this remarkable place. Often in Thailand, the most awe inspiring, beautiful and tranquil spots are not on the tourist trail and not the place you were planning to go. I call them "side missions", and some of my most wondrous memories derive from these side missions. After being welcomed by 'Sid Viscious', we took a stroll through the grounds of a QUIRKY but stunningly beautiful and rustic countryside temple. There, we met three friendly and inquisitive kids, who showed us around, and their father, who told us which deities/statues we should pay our respects to. At one stage, they used to get 500-1000 daily visitors after there was a story about the abandoned place on the other side of the canal - they have been lucky to get 20 a day local visitors over the lat 18 months. I present to you WAT PHRA PHUT TAKSIN DITIT MONGKOT - at one stage, I thought "am I on Easter Island?". What is the abandoned place I hear you say?? Find out in a video coming soon but I will tell you this; never have I been so astonished at what I saw, heard and encountered in the 'abandoned' place.
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