Wat Sup Prairo

After a much needed rest from climbing the mountain we finally wandered into the caves of Wat Sup Prairo. As we entered there were some small statues and artifacts strewn about the entrance waiting to be placed and just inside the mouth of the cave there sat a Buddhist nun working on embellishing a small statue. The nun spoke to Mo but I was engrossed in exploring what I thought was a small cave and all it’s artifacts, not to mention my new found friend Cantaloop. Cantaloop is a very fat German dog of some sort who occasionally waddles down from his perch to see what is going.

As the nun continued to speak I rubbed Cantaloop’s ears and scratched his very pig like back for him and then I hear Mo say “teelac stop!”, Apparently the nun was explaining that Cantaloop is a very mean dog with very sharp teeth…Cantaloop looked up at Mo and then back to me as if to say “Pay no attention to the Buddhist nun behind the curtain”. With a lick of my hand Cantaloop decided he needed a rest and waddled back to his perch and Mo just giggled.

As I said previously, at first glance it appeared that the mountain Wat was only a few small areas but if that were all there was to Wat Sup Prairo then I would have been completely satisfied. As you can see below the first rooms were beautiful and the pictures don’t do them justice.

At this point we rounded a small corner and much to my surprise, and my backs chagrin, there was a small opening by the floor we needed to shimmy through that led to one of the caves most beautiful hidden secrets.

Beyond the hole we crawled through was really a treasure to behold. I must have stood there for 10 minutes just admiring the inspiring beauty of the Buddha staue backlit from a hole in the top of the mountain.

Moving onwards and downwards my back was to be tested again and again. We saw many small statues and murals for a short while until the cave opened up into a massive room with 60 foot ceilings.

This last room was the end of the cave system although I suspect more will eventually be added as they continue to update the Wat. On the way down the mountain the views were indeed impressive as we made our way to the main temple, which by itself wasn’t impressive but the many statues surrounding it sure were.

And that concludes my day at Wat Sup Prairo. Sometime within the week I will be adding even more pictures to the Thailand Photo Gallery under Wat Sup Prairo.