Wat Tham Seua

Before we left Crabe Town for Kho Pi Pi, Steve and I finally decided it was time we got off our lazy asses and did something other than mope about in our room, twiddle our fingers in one of the many local internet cafes in the vicinity, or watch footie and play pool in the Irish bar across the street.

So, on the day before we left, we visited Wat Tham Seua - Tiger Cave Temple, which has a shrine at the top of 1237 steps carved into the hillside. The climb, more arduous than we had anticipated, nearly killed us but only took about thirty minutes. As you will see, the view that awaited us at the end of the climb was well worth the pain we endured to get up there.

Neither Steve nor I were aware at the time of the importance of observing correct dress code in a Buddist temple, so while I stripped off my shirt, Steve wandered around banging every gong he could find. No wonder the monks kept giving us dirty looks. English pig-dogs.

Steve, en route to Wat Tham Seua

Me, likewise

Cheeky monkeys!

The view from halfway up the hill

No Mum, I'm not really that skinny (I must have lost a couple of pounds of bodyweight in sweat on the way up)

Beautiful Thailand

Having realised my faux pas, I don my inoffensive shirt

The shrine in the sky