Come back in time with me blog mates. Back some 300 years or so, to when an itinerant Laos farmer, fancying bat fricassee for tea, followed the creatures into a cave.
Imagine his surprise on entering to discover it was stuffed full, not with bats, but with Buddhas! And so the wonder that is Buddha Cave was created.
Imagine OUR surprise, then, having stumped up the cash to view this marvel , to discover a family of three sitting in there having their lunch! I'm not sure why they were there, my grasp of the Laos language is shaky at best, and I don't know what they were eating, but it didn't look like bat fricassee.
You're probably wondering about those 300 Buddhas. Well, photography wasn't allowed inside the cave. (I'm not surprised, given the quality of Buddhas on offer, not to mention the picnickers.)
However, by way of compensation, here's a pic of JB whacking a ceremonial gong.
Appetites whetted by the Buddha Cave experience, we went on to visit Elephant Cave in the afternoon.
This cave WAS stuffed with bats (if only that farmer had known....) and also contained a strange selection of statues that defy even my powers of description.
So here are some pics. ..
While we're talking about shrines, I've seen quite a few around and about that appear to be in honour of Nannas. I wholeheartedly approve of this, and am currently seeking an import license for Werthers Originals....
I'm sure you are secretly holed up in darwen nibbling on kebabs while sipping thunderbird through a spangly straw! The sunset in leyland was amazing tonight and the frozen statues of the finest drugtaking locals were gently strewn across the local nature reserve that is worden park! P.s please can you crack on with the TTOs of bed 25?! Xx
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