4/5 JP C. 5 years ago on Google
After
being
in
Thailand
for
years
(
legitimately
I
may
add)
I
decided
to
go
to
Tham
Ta
Pan
Temple
(
Buddhist
Heaven
an
Hell
).
Firstly
the
temple
is
spelled
three
different
ways
on
various
signs
throughout
the
temple
so
if
you
use
the
spelling
above
you
will
always
be
able
to
locate
it
on
your
smart
phone.
The
temple
is
quite
close
to
the
immigration
office
in
PhangNga
so
while
in
the
area
be
sure
to
stop
by.
After
reading
many
other
reviews
of
fellow
google
guides
and
posts
on
trip
advisor
I
felt
compelled
to
give
my
comments.
Upon
arriving
at
the
temple
I
was
pleasantly
surprised,
I
mean
I
heard
about
this
temple
many
times
and
mixed
emotions
from
people
that
went
there.
The
online
pictures
available
do
not
give
the
place
justice.
I
heard
the
place
called
dingy,
gross,
poorly
maintained,
a
waste
of
time,
don’t
bring
your
precious
children...
etc.
Grow
up
Negative
Nannies.
The
place
is
awesome.
The
statues
reflect
truly
how
Thai
people
perceive
heaven
and
hell.
Ya
hell
is
bad,
what
did
you
expect,
little
Red
Devils
and
statues
of
people
who
look
sad
gazing
into
the
heavens
and
praying
for
a
second
chance.
I
personally
loved
just
walking
around
and
looking
at
the
expressions
of
the
(what
I
call)
“culture
prudes”
walking
around
with
flagrantly
disgusted
looks
on
their
face
as
if
saying
“In
my
country
we
would
never
show
something
like
this”.
It’s
hilarious.
The
hell
portion
is
a
poignant
reminder
to
Thai
people
that
if
you
are
bad
this
what
could
happen
to
you.
Ya
it’s
not
pretty
so
be
good.
Heaven-
well
it’s
just
“sugar
drops
and
candy
canes”
looks
exotically
beautiful.
I
liked
the
dragon
entrance
and
tunnel
(which
makes
up
the
body
and
tail
of
the
dragon)
and
delivers
you
to
the
cave
entrance
left
and
hell
to
your
right.
For
tall
foreigners
like
myself
“
watch
your
head”
through
the
tunnel
:)
In
short
I
would
say
that
a
trip
to
this
temple
is
well
worth
the
entrance
fee
(
there
isn’t
any)
and
it
is
a
great
way
to
jump
into
the
heads
of
the
Thai
people,
their
amazing
culture
and
beliefs.
For
the
“
culture
prudes”
best
you
stay
away
or
stay
on
your
bulk
charter
bus
as
god
forbid
you
become
emotionally
disturbed
or
disturb
others
with
your
miserable
faces
and
shallow
minded
culture
shock.
Oh
and
by
the
way,
on
my
day
there
was
many
local
children
there
having
fun
and
smiling.
Maybe
the
temple
is
a
bit
much
for
toddlers
and
younger
children
but
I
can
think
of
a
few
pre
teen
kids
I
know
that
could
use
a
little
shock
here
and
there
to
sort
them
out...
but
then
again
it’s
a
parental
thing
isn’t
it?
Telling
it
straight
in
Thailand
Cheers
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