Like every Buddhist places I’ve been so far, I notice that a strong and peaceful feeling invaded me as soon as I stepped in. It is maybe all the prayers and the meditation done in one place, or the contact of the cold stones on my barefeet, or maybe this vibrant and intense gold shining over the white stupas and pagodas…
After the check out, I wandered around in the city and found many food markets where I had the chance to observe smiley faces and the usual food sold in South East Asia: of course on the floor.
You find here and there stalls where chatty ladies prepare the composition that men are chewing all day long. It is made with bitterleaves, lime stones and some nuts that give a red mouth. Looks like a lucrative business here…
It is true that the first impression you have of a city can be slightly transformed by the atmosphere you’ll find in the hotel you are staying in.
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