As usual, we spent Christmas and New Year's Eve in Cha Am
Coffee Break at Amazon, PTT Highway, Pak Chong
Sunrise at Thew Talay Estate
My morning coffee at Raya Coffee, Cha Am Beach
Nice snapper at Krua Khun Meow Seafood
Christmas lights on the condo balcony
Baba Beach Club
Fisherman with a catch of Thai Mackerel at Bang Kwai
Coffee @Sea, Springfield Resort
Cha Am Little Shop
Sunrise at Cha Am Beach
Buying some grilled pork and sticky rice for breakfast
Breakfast at Cha Am Beach
Breakfast at Cha Am Beach
Fisherman removes crabs from his net at Cha Am Beach
Spirit Houses at Raya Resort
Cha Am harbor breakwater. Khao Nang Panthurat Forest Park in the background
Squid Monument at Cha Am Harbor
(about three meters high)
Squid Monument in full color
Little Egret at Cha Am Harbor
Cha Am Harbor
Fishing shack at Cha Am Harbor
Repairing the net at Cha Am Harbor
Baba Beach Club holiday lighting
Cycling and Wat Chang Thaeng Krachat
Did a long bike ride one morning and came across the very interesting Wat Chang Thaeng Krachat. I had seen three huge Buddha images on a ridge while riding. I was looking for a way to get up on the ridge when I came to the wat. Problem solved.
Inside the temple grounds two elephants make the beginning of the road up to the ridge.
On the way is a sculpture garden depicting scenes from Buddhist Hell (Nakara)
They are weird.
The are gruesome.
The road up to the ridge was steep, but rewarding
From the first Buddha image I could see the heads of the next two
Beyond the third Buddha image is a granite footprint of Buddha. This is the Dharmachakra (Dharma Wheel) on the bottom of the footprint.
Returning from the Buddha footprint.
Sema stones and Buddha images. Sema stones mark the boundary of the holy area of a wat.
Very old Buddha image at the entrance of an old ubosot (ordination hall).
Stupas for cremation ashes
Buddha Images
Covered Luk Nimit. These spherical stones are usually placed in holes under Sema stones which mark the boundary of the holy area of a wat.
Even though this is a Buddhist temple, the image in the pediment depicts the Hindu god Indra astride his three-headed elephant Erawan.
Darun Muhahirin Mosque, Cha Am
Google Maps recommended this road as a way to get back on the main highway. Thanks, Google.
This is a charcoal kiln not far from the Novotel in Cha Am.
Thus ends the bike ride
Breakfast stall on the beach in Cha Am. This woman is serving up rice congee
Jellyfish on the sand at Cha Am
Raya Coffee
Lunch at Pa May, South Cha Am
Intrepid cyclist ready for lunch at Panas Bar
Never tire of the view from the Sky Lounge, Thew Talay Estate
Cha Am Little Shop - My favorite place for lunch.
Snapper at Cha Am Little Shop
