Sangkhlaburi og De Tre Pagoders Pas

Sangkhlaburi is known all over Thailand for several things. This is where the Moon people live, and this is where they built their first temple. It is also here that you find Mon the bridge over some of the Vajiralongkorn dam that was built in 1984. The purpose was to have the rivers tended to be flooded, which often flooded large areas on the way down to its outlet in Samut Sakhon, the neighboring city of Bangkok. Large parts of the area are laid out as a national park, and there are many wildlife here. I first visited the place in 2014, and then the bridge had just been re-dedicated, after a large tree trunk had hit the wooden structure and destroyed part of the bridge.

Unfortunately, the bridge was restored a little too much, see the pictures I have posted last to show how it looked earlier

The monks originally come from Myanmar (Burma), but have been allowed to settle here far away from normal settlement. For many years they have lived a quiet life in their temple. This was flooded when building the dam and their temple was abandoned. It can still be visited out in the middle of the pond, but often it is only the bell tower that is visible, the rest is under water.

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