Monday, April 27, 2009

At the cost of how many livers?


Thanks to the following sites for my information:
This is probably one of the most interesting things I've seen in a while. According to various stories, Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew, also known as Wat Lan Kuad or 'the Temple of a Million Bottles', is in Sisaket province near the Cambodian border, 400 miles from the capital Bangkok. It is a temple built by Buddhist monks made entirely of recycled beer bottles.

These monks really make old stinky beer bottles look good! They began collecting them in 1984, and got so many that they decided to use them as a building material. There is a concrete core for stability, but the monks say the beer bottles work out well. They don't fade in color and provide good lighting. They use mostly green and brown bottles in their designs from various companies.


They have a complex of about 20 buildings and plan on adding more as they get more "building material" donated to them.


It looks like a good excuse to have a lot of crazy parties to me! Charity parties..."Come one, come all, drink as much as you can! Empty beer bottle proceeds go to aiding monks by adding to their building material collection!"


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