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Thailand's Isan Region
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Here's why we were up so early. This rooster crowed every hour from about 1:20 am onward--right outside our front door.
Local school children act as guides for visits to the rock paintings. The sign points to the fartherst ones but there are some about 20 minutes down the rock stairs and along the path.
Pha Taem is the largest prehistoric rock painting site in Thailand. It dates back 3,000 - 4,000 years ago. There are four groups of paintings --about 300 in total
that describe daily life including hunting and fishing activities.
Simple cottages for the Abbot and the monk who live at the Forest Temple, Wat Siri Pa Lan Sai (the Temple of the Sand Yard)
The Abbot spoke with us about life in a forest temple. "Quiet means you have time to think. The forest provides a balance between the rubber trees and spiritual living".
For our last night in Isan, we had a cooking lesson in the kitchen of the Peerada River View Resort, courtesy of Kob, our guide and Pop, her husband, our driver. Then we
carried everything to our porch and had a delicious sunset dinner.
We flew back to Bangkok, checked into the Sala Rattanakosin Bangkok Hotel and immediately set out for a very late lunch at a Pad Thai specialty restaurant.
The view from our room at the Sala Rattanakosin Bangkok Hotel. My favourite temple, Wat Arun--the Temple of the Dawn---is directly across the Chao Phraya River from the hotel. Absolutely
awesome to sit in your room and see the temple lit up all night. Great hotel.