Hands in Hell

Ole explained that these hands at the base of the temple were reaching up from hell. Thai Buddhism incorporates a little of many different religions. They believe in heaven and hell, though they are places one visits just for awhile after death. Eventually, you are reincarnated and return to earth until you eventually reach Nirvana, joining Lord Buddha forever.

Day Ten: On the Way to Chiang Mai

November 20th 2005
Today we left our lovely resort in Chiang Rai and made our way through the forested hills to Chiang Mai, a much larger city, but still a speck on the map compared to Bangkok. We stopped by Nanglae, a pineapple producing village, where we saw pineapple fields and the paper products made from pineapple leaf pulp. Pineapple is a lucrative crop for Thailand. The homes in this village were all very ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more

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