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Wat Khao Takiap 

The more famous hill south of Hua Hin, Khao Takiap , is located right on the beach. A busy dirt road leads up to a hilltop temple, Wat Khao Takiap. On Sundays the traffic backs up all they way from the top of the hill to the main road and creates a huge traffic chaos. Khao Takiap is covered with small pagodas and shrines and more will be build soon, if I interpreted the busy activities with collecting donations correctly. Incense sticks were barely lit when they were removed and thrown into the trash to make space for new ones. I felt like being in a fast food restaurant. Quieter, but still busy is the 17 meter high standing Buddha image in the ‘calming the ocean’ posture on the foot of the hill.

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