There is a temple near Bangsaen Beach which has a garden full of statues depicting what is supposed to be a Buddhist hell. The place is called Wang Saen Suk and is only 90 minutes away from Bangkok on the way to Pattaya. Some of the scenes depicted are pretty gruesome although there were plenty of families there. Actually, there was one poor boy who was a little scared because his mother had just shown him what happens to children that don't listen to their parents (see picture above).

Over the weekend, a group of us went down to Pattaya for the Music Festival. This is turning in to be an annual event now where you can see some of your favourite Thai bands for free! I am now happy that I have now seen Labanoon, Taxi, Playround and Lucks Music in concert. A great experience not to be missed if you are in Pattaya this time next year.

Anyway, whilst I was down there I took the opportunity to visit some tourist attractions. The first place we visited was Khao Khiao Open Zoo which is about halfway between Bangkok and Pattaya. I have passed the sign to this zoo a number of times but this was the first time I decided to go and check it out. I am glad I did.

On the spur of the moment, I decided to drive down to Bangsaen Beach this morning. I had been thinking about going there for a while ever since a friend of mine said he had enjoyed a couple of visits there recently. I kept putting it off, but then I noticed in the Bangkok Post on Friday that there was going to be a seafood festival at the weekend. Seemed like a good excuse to go. It didn't really matter I don't like seafood that much. Any good excuse for a road trip.

Over the weekend there was a nice big seafood festival in Bang Saen. I wasn't really there for the food though - They had a nice big stage set up and some bands coming to play. I saw Clash and managed to talk my way backstage but man those guy sleft fast, I didn't get to talk to any of them.

There was a fantastic firework display aswell, some of the coolest ones I've seen in a long time.