The only flat places in Sanghkla are the three main streets! Nat got quite a workout hauling the bikes up and down the hill to our bungalow. The bad news was that after he hauled them up in the morning we still had a 10 minute uphill ride to the school. The good news was that it 95% downhill on the way home.
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| View from the wooden bridge. The Mon temple is off to the right. |
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| Kids climbing up the bridge. No fear here! |
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| Temple post-festival |
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| Everything, I mean everything, is painted gold |
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| Looking down from the bridge |
On the weekend we walked over the bridge to the Mon temple, a replica of one in India. It looks just like the Temple of Doom in the Indiana Jones movie, minus the snakes.
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| Ban Umrak, a real bakery... chocolate cake for breakfast!! |
(Photos courtesy Nat and me)
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| 'Temple of Doom' from the water |
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| 'Temple of Doom' entrance |
On Sunday we took a long-tail boat up to the old temple that was submerged when the dam was built. Because there is a crack in the dam and the water is very low, the temple is no longer under water.
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| On the boat...a breeze! |
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| Inside the no-longer submerged temple |
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| Doing the tourist thing |
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| Temple ruins |
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| Sreet sign |
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| Hos's this for an ATM? |
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