this video is brought to you by Squarespace we are almost at the end of our road trip but
there is one more super underrated province in Northern Thailand that
we must visit join us today as we explore Phetchabun get lost in the misty mountains
of Khao Kho and visit one of the most magical temples in Thailand
so we got to Phetchabun yesterday but it was raining the whole day as it should be because it is rainy season in Thailand
right now but we had this small window of opportunity around five to six pm where it
stopped raining so we quickly went to the most famous temple in Phetchabun and here is what we saw
you know what Thailand keeps surprising me I always say like every temple we went to so
far is like the most beautiful temple yeah but this one this one is the most beautiful
temple I have to agree this is pretty crazy so we're here at this beautiful Temple called Wat Phra Thart Pha Sorn Kaew
which is the most famous temple here in the province of Phetchaboon specifically in this
area called Khao Kho "Pha Sorn Kaew" means hidden crystal if you look around there are like crystal
balls everywhere there's crystal ball here along the walls I even almost tripped come over here
I was taking like b-rolls and I tripped on that clear crystal ball on the floor
it actually is quite slippery because it's raining a little bit yeah and you have to
take off your shoes so yeah you have to be careful when you come here
I read a little bit more about the temple and actually the whole crystal ball thing
came about because villagers that live around this mountain they used to see this crystal in
the air just like shoot pass and it would go into a cave that is on this mountain and they
thought it was the Buddha's spirit so this place became very auspicious very lucky and that's why
they built this temple here it was built in 2004 to be a meditation center but driving up here we
kind of noticed that it's been really developed now there is a lot of accommodations popping up
there's lots of cafes and some restaurants so it probably is really hard for people to like quietly
meditate here now it kind of became a tourist hot spot for Phetchaboon so if this place is lucky
does it mean we need to get a lottery oh yeah I saw people selling lotteries just outside
did you find out what is upstairs uh there's a reclining Buddha unfortunately they closed already
but that's okay the highlight is outside let's go check out the actual temple over there okay
the temple is pretty incredible too I've never seen a temple with all these colorful like mosaics
they use pieces of broken maybe bottles or glass or crystals I'm not sure it's like a mix of
different materials yeah ceramics beautiful look there's no actual pattern to it it's so random
it makes it so special yeah it's so colorful some of it does look like bottles doesn't it
this part is so cool they have all these tiny teacups that they broke the pieces
and some are still whole
these are like cup lids right and look at the details on it
and crystal ball yeah rub it for good luck
so there's more than just the beautiful temple in Phetchaboon we are actually
headed towards a campsite where we booked a tiny cabin for the night but before we get
there we are going to stop at the scenic spot that has lots of windmills
I love Thailand there's also someone guiding you showing you how to park
we are so lucky because once we parked our car the weather cleared up
and it's looking pretty good do you think we can go close to the windmill
I'm not sure like walking distance I don't think you can I think that's why the ticket booth there
might be like a buggy or something like that oh yeah that's a tram and also a ATV for rent
can you go by ATV I don't know let's go find out okay so you have to buy the ticket
60 baht per person to take the tram up to the hill they stop at four different viewpoints oh
you can walk up too but you can only walk up to a certain viewpoint because after that it
gets muddy because of all the rain but you can also rent ATV but let me check how much it is
it's kind of neat what's up here we see a lot of strawberry fields we see people growing tomatoes
there's also some campsites that are up in this area but mostly it just seems like an
agricultural area there's also a small village behind us but it's definitely more fun going
on the ATV than the tram a lot of people came by with the tram and they did not seem as impressed
as we do but you also probably would get a little bit dirty I can already see like my feet my shoes
are all dirty but it's okay it's part of the fun okay you want to try to drive yes this is
the on and off so it's on right now and you press that to start there you go you're good
those are lights and horns you don't need them
okay yeah you just need to know how to accelerate and brakes oh easy all right
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we are here at Thunwa Campsite Note is just checking in over there the view is amazing here
the sun rises from here oh nice yeah like you're gonna wake up for maybe it might be worth it
we're usually so lazy we don't do sunrises anymore
these are the tents but they're also kind of shaded so I guess you don't actually get
wet which is nice because you can sit outside I'm gonna take a peek
yeah you can just sit outside there and chill
this is us this uh cabin here
oh cute wow if it doesn't rain we can set up the fire and grill marshmallow
yes and they have a cooler here
um all set with ice and stuff were we supposed to bring drinks or we can buy them okay okay
this is so cute feels so private time for a room tour let's go so this room tour
is gonna be real quick because this is a very tiny cabin first we have a nice storage area
just over here and also a little table they do give you a kettle and also some hot drinks
and if we want to order more food we can order from the food menu there's also a nice seating
area on this side and we are pretty surprised that it has an AC unit I thought it might be
a fan because it's really not hot up here in the mountains behind me is the washroom
so it's just a tiny washroom the toilet mirror sink a little stainless steel shower the toilet
does smell a little damp but there's a window there so just make sure to shut the door one
thing though she said because the hot water here they use gas so when we shower we should leave the
window open just in case we'll trap the gas in here make sense but the highlight of this room is our
bed because we have the most amazing view of the mountains and we get to wake up to that tomorrow
unfortunately it just started raining so we're gonna chill here hopefully the rain
stops so we'll be able to make marshmallows tonight and I can fly my drone yeah
dinner tonight is shabu and for those of you who haven't had it before basically it is just
a soy sauce based soup and we're gonna dip some pork slices in there and also there's a
ton of vegetables eggs and also some noodles green noodles it's pretty much Japanese Hot Pot yeah you
um call it different things in different places but yeah Shabu
is what we call it here in Thailand so many campsites in Thailand you're
going to find either Shabu or Mookata something different because we had
you can throw in some of the stuff
this is perfect because we haven't had veggies in a while this is a lot of vegetables
did you sleep well yeah it was really nice and cold in there not cold I would say cool and we
didn't even turn on the AC it was really nice it kind of felt like Canada yeah like the cabin
living in Canada yeah and the shower probably one of the best showers we had because we got so smoky
yesterday after making s'mores I was so happy to have a hot shower to kind of clean up before bed
and it was it was really nice this kind of makes me feel like we could do tiny home living or even
van life it's nice to have like a small but very functional space yeah so we haven't shared the
price of the accommodation yet how much did we pay we paid 3650 Baht which is roughly around 95 US Dollars
and in the price it includes breakfast and also dinner which is the hot pot shabu we had last night
I would say we're both pretty impressed with Phetchabun it is now my top three
provinces in Thailand like lease visited yeah like the underrated provinces it's so
beautiful it has like that beautiful temple that we went to but also just driving around
this area like driving to Khao Kho yeah it's a huge mountain range and very beautiful and
if you enjoy the outdoors if you enjoy nature and camping then you have tons of choices for
that in this area we hope you enjoyed exploring Phetchaboon with us as always thank you so much
for watching and we'll see you in the next one oh wait have a wonderflo day we'll see you in
the next one bye-bye bloopers one thing about Phetchabun babe it's full of hidden cameras
yeah okay so the other day we were driving on one of the main highways we stopped there to take a
photo a drone shot of the temple and then suddenly there was these guys in an umbrella like hiding
under the umbrella in the rain snapping photos so we just had to ask like what were they doing
that is so weird because we see like these cameras camping out like every 300 meters yeah
yeah taking photos of the cars it must be for people with like
really nice fancy cars like why would I want a photo of us in this Mitsubishi