Ven. Manapo standing where Ajahn Chah first stayed in the forest that is now Wat Pah Pong.
Visiting a Kindergarten.
A smart boy scout who gives every day.
And on to the next.
An old man who has come out for years to give from his basket of sticky rice.
Nearing the end.
A simple shrine in a cave.
Tahn Manapo surveying the scene.
A larger meeting and meditating place amongst the caves.
A break for meditation.
Still there.
Tahn Ajahn Tongjun preparing the 'ears' for the bowl cover.
Drilling the holes.
And threading the cord.
Success!
The new bowl (under the metal cover) being fired.
Patimokkha with Ven. Ajahn Cittagutto the reciter.
A closer view.
After Patimokkha, monks and novices gathered.
Standing on the famous Bridge over the River Kwae.
Tahn Manapo with the bridge in the background.
Tahn Manapo making new friends.
Is it just the milk tablets or the whole hand?
With Ajahn Phusit, the Abbot of 'the Tiger Temple', and his tigers.
And again.
A new pet for the Forest Hermitage?
He could of course just as easily take the whole hand.
Being surveyed by a very big cat.
With the remarkable Ajahn Phusit.
A first glimpse of Hell Fire Pass.
Imagine cutting this pass virtually by hand in intense heat.
An explanation.
A few rails are still to be seen.
And a few sleepers - it was said to have been a life for every sleeper!
The tree of course has grown in the 60 years since the pass was cut.
Looking back.
More of what was the railway.
The sleepers again, a reminder of those who died.
Nakorn Pathom, where Buddhism first took root in Thailand.
Kao Chee Chan Buddha Image near Sattahip.
A huge stone Dhammacakkha at Buddha Montone.
This symbolises the First Sermon.
The five stone blocks represent the five ascetics to whom the Buddha gave that First Sermon.
Setting in motion the Wheel of Truth!
