PART 1---SANCTUARY OF TRUTH IN PATTAYA IS THE WORLD'S MOST UNIQUE, UNUSUAL AND OUT OF THIS WORLD BUDDHIST TEMPLE, HINDU SHRINE, CHINESE PAGODA AND SUPER STUPA ROLLED INTO ONE! YOU MUST VISIT THIS WOODEN EDIFICE TO THE GODS TO BELIEVE IT REALLY EXISTS!

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EVEN MORE INCREDIBLE, THIS EDIFICE IS PLANNED TO BE PERPETUALLY UNCOMPLETED! 

MADE ENTIRELY OF WOOD WHICH COSTS RM 2 MILLION YEAR EXCLUDING LABOUR, SANCTUARY OF TRUTH IS BUILT BY MASTER THAI CRAFTSMEN ENTIRELY BY HAND WITH NO NAILS BUT DIVETAIL JOINTS THAT SLIDE AND FIT EACH OTHER PERFECTLY WITH NO ROOM FOR MISTAKES! 

BUILT NEXT TO THE SEA WITH SALTY WINDS AND RELENTLESS WAVES, THE WOODEN PANELS AND ELABORATE CARVINGS ARE NOT FULLY WEATHER RESISTANT AND MUST BE RESTORED, RENEWED AND REPLACED---CONSTANTLY! 

LIKE ST FARNCISCO'S GOLDEN FATE BRIDGE, AS ONE PART OF THE BRIDGE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY PAINTED, THE OTHER END HAS TO BE REPAINTED ALL OVER AGAIN! HERE THERE ARE DOZENS OF CRAFTSMEN AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS TOILING AWAY IN THE WORKSHOPS, CLIMBING THE ROOFS OR CARVING THE MYRIAD STATUES! 

 THE SANCTUARY OF TRUTH IS PLANNED SO IT IS CONSTANTLY BEING REBUILT! 

 IT IS OVER 30 YEARS OLD AND THE ORIGINAL FOUNDER DIED A DECADE AGO AND HIS SECOND SON IS CONTINUING THIS AMAZING LABOUR OF LOVE!

 DATO KEE HUA CHEE IS IMPRESSED

 DATO KEE HUA CHEE AND THE SANCTUARY OF TRUTH

 AWESOME

 BREATHTAKING

 BELIEVE IT OR NOT

 THIS SECTION OS OBVIOUSLY BRAND NEW AS THE WOOD IS NEWLY VARNISHED AND POLISHED COMPARED TO THE WEATHER BEATEN PORTIONS! 

 THE NEW INTERIORS

 INTRICATELY CARVED

 THE GODS AND GODDESSES GAZE DOWN AND OUT

 PINKY MY TOUR GUIDE

 LOOKS LIKE A CATHEDRAL TO THE GODS

 CEILING

 LIFELIKE

 MEN AT WORK

 VOLUPTUOUS GODDESSES

 LIFE SIZED

 DATO KEE HUA CHEE WEARING THE COMPULSORY HARD HAT AS THE INTERIORS ARE CONSTANTLY BEING BUILT, REPLACED OR REPLACED

 3 D EFFECT

 CEILING IN CENTRAL HALL

 FAMILY GROUP OF FATHER, MOTHER, DAUGHTER AND SON

 GRAND STAIRCASE

 SERPENT QUEENS

 HOLY RELICS OF BUDDHA IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MAIN HALL

 SPECTACULAR

 DATO KEE HUA CHEE IS IMPRESSED

 DATO KEE HUA CHEE WANTS DO THE SAME!

 EACH GODDESS IS GARLANDED WITH MARIGOLD WREATH AS PART OF THE INSTALLATION RITES

 RENT A COSTUME AND BE A THAI QUEEN OR KING FROM ANCIENT TIMES!

 DATO KEE HUA CHEE WITH GODDESS

 ONE IS NOT OF DIVINE STOCK!

 EXQUISITE

 DATO KEE HUA CHEE CAUSED A SENSATION WITH HIS ORANGE OUTFIT

 DATO KEE HUA CHEE WITH SERPENT QUEEN

 DATO KEE HUA CHEE WANTS THIS STAIRCASE FOR HIS PALATIAL HOME TOO

 GARLANDED FAMILY

 THE STATUES AT THE TIP OF EACH ARCHED ROOF SEEM TO HOVER IN MIDAIR

 DRONE FOR AERIAL PIX!

 DATO KEE HUA CHEE LOOKS SO SLIM

 DATO KEE HUA CHEE AND SANCTUARY OF TRUTH

 MAGNIFICENT

LOVELY LABOUR OF LOVE!