Sunken Temple

The water that you see is actually the result of flooding a previous community. So underneath the water are thousands of houses. There was a temple up on the hill and it took many steps to get up to it. Now, given that everything has been flooded, you can only get there by boat. This is the start of the dry season, so we are able to see the entire place. But during the wet season, you may not even be able to get out of the boat. Students learned how Buddhist make offerings using incense, candles, flowers, and at this location goldleaf that gets put on the Buddha images.Les mer