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Wat Sri Chum, Sukhothai Historical Park, Sukhothai


Is it possible to be struck with awe so many times over a weekend? Shouldn't one die of awe-overload? I’ve counted eight times since I left Bangkok. Can I be so lucky?

Anyway, sobrang awe-inspiring ng feeling of passing though the narrow mondop passageway and looking up at a Buddha so huge, he looks down at his nose to look at you. And so, to express my awe at him, I knock on his knees – the only part of him I can reach.
They were hollow. Hmm.

P.S. He had huge hands, and if only there wasn't a sign saying "Defense der Monter. Do not climb monument.", i'd have done precisely that and imagined i were Anne Darrow in KingKong. You know, in that scene where she sleeps in King Kong's hand? The one before Big-nose Brody comes to 'make them gulo' and makes the bats attack the ape. Because Buddha in Wat Sri Chum's sitting in exactly the way KingKong was sitting there. Except, well, Buddha's in pedal pushers.