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View from the secret jungle temple

On the photo you can see the view from the secret jungle temple Wat Palad in Chiang Mai (Thailand). When i was with a friend on our backpacking tour through Thailand our nice and friendly hostel owner organized a tour to the famous Wat Phra That Doi Suthep temple. But our taxi driver made a short stop as well at this secret place.
While we met hundreds of tourists at the other temple, we were almost the only ones at this one. It felt kinda magical being there. The temple locked abandoned and already overgrown with many plants. Streams poured out of the hills, culminating into a large rock waterfall overlooking the Chaing Mai skyline. But one thing i have to say: Beware of spiders! I saw one big as my hand and i have to admit this was not that funny for me. Nature, however, is simply a part of the temple. You can really feel the connectedness of this temple to everything around of it.
In fact, it’s one of the most peaceful and enchanting places I’ve ever been. This beautiful charmed temple in the middle of the jungle in Chiang Mai is one place on this earth where time just stops and peace exits.

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