Spotted on our second day in Sukhothai National Park, on route to Wat Si Chum.
On the first day, we'd stayed in the 'Central Zone' of the Old City, cycling around the grounds and stopping occasionally to do some drawing. The following day, we decided to explore the various zones beyond the city walls, but our coach to Bangkok was leaving in the afternoon so we were in something of a hurry. The receptionist at the hotel had told us that we absolutely must see the large statue of the Buddha — the largest in Sukhothai — at Wat Si Chum, and also to visit Wat Saphan Hin, a hilltop temple situated to the west of the city.
I was paranoid about encountering deadly snakes on my trip and was frequently witnessed gesticulating wildly and shouting 'COBRA!' whilst running away from lengths of hosepipe, electricity cables etc., so it was with some irony that the only snake I, ahem, came across during my stay was a dead one lying in the road that I ran over on my bike. At least, that's what J told me. I didn't see it as I was consulting a map at the time. If I had seen it, I imagine it would have been at least fifty feet long and would have had a glimmer of life about it, just enough in fact to stretch up and try and give me a fatal bite with it's dying breath. So, my running over the unfortunate reptile was a very brave act indeed...
Click on the image to see a larger version.
No comments:
Post a Comment