Wat Chom Thong

" THE SAME , THE SAME , BUT DIFFERENT" is one of the most popular phrases around here and I guess when we have visited so many temples it gets that way. This has been built for the existing King of Thailand and is a beautiful monument as most are ! We often see the Munks visiting.

Update on Bangkok. We were stuck in Chaing Mai no flights out. Trains & Buses fully booked for 2days until Monday.
Thai airlines gave us a full credit $221.00 and a taxi driver gave us a deal to drive us to Bangkok $222.00 and 10hrs later Sat night we are in Bangkok.
Hopefully protest is over by Sat Dec 6th when we leave for Veitnam.
This is the monument inside the temple built for the queen of Thailand
At the top of the stairs to the temple there were many workers hauling up stones to construct the stone wall that is encased in wire.
At the base they would pile huge rocks into a barrel ( with the side cut out ) and pull the rocks up a steep embankment.
Workers ( men and women ) are passing huge rocks one at a time from person to person to fill the barrel at the end of the line. It was amazing to watch all of the manpower with no machinery!