Jan 12, 2011

Mae Hong Son City Tour & Fish Cave



Pick up at auberge by air-conditioned van. Visit Wat Chong Kham, an old temple on the coffer of the swamp Nong Chong Kham. It was congenital in 1827 by Thai Yai artisans. The pillars are gilded in aureate flakes. The temple houses a ample Buddha bronze with a lap amplitude of 4.85 metres casting by Burmese craftsmen. Another bronze is a replica of the Buddha angel in Wat Suthat in Bangkok. Next to Wat Chong Kham is Wat Chong Klang. There are several absorbing items such as board figurines of animal and animals created by Burmese craftsmen and brought over in 1857, painting on bottle about the Jakata and on Prince Siddhartha, as able-bodied as on the means of activity of the time. The captions are in Burmese. There are additionally notations that the paintings were by Thai Yai artisans from Mandalay. Drive up to Wat Phra That Doi Kong Mu, erected by the aboriginal governor of Mae Hong Son. This temple reflects the able access of the Burmese, the highlights actuality the two abundantly busy pagodas. This acropolis temple affords an aberrant aeriform appearance of the burghal and surrounding mountains and valleys. Then drive to Tham Pla (Fish Cave), amid about 17 kilometres from town. The surrounding areas are brooks and air-conditioned arresting forests acceptable for relaxation. A appropriate affection is the alveolate cavern abounding with abundant freshwater angle accepted as Pla Mung or Pla Khang, which is of the aforementioned ancestors as the carp. The angle are absolutely safe from actuality bent as they are believed to accord to the gods.

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