A fifteen-minute walk (1 km) from the crab family is Wat Kaew Korawaram, the center of Buddhism in Krabi. The snow-white complex consists of several buildings, to which a winding staircase leads, decorated with golden snakes and sculptures of the mythical deity Naga. Thais believe that it protects houses from evil spirits.
The first church was built here in 1887 in gratitude to a Buddhist monk. He brought two small medicinal trees from Phuket, which cured the monks of malaria. All the walls of the complex are made of white stone and are not painted on the outside. Inside, there is a golden statue of a seated Buddha and an altar with offerings, and on the walls are frescoes from the life of Buddha.
There are no crowds of tourists here. Admission is free and open 24 hours a day. Nothing prevents you from sitting quietly in a shady garden on a bench among sculptures of tigers and elephants or philosophizing about the essence of existence in a temple.
You can get here by songthaew – a small vehicle that translates from Thai as “two benches”. Or by taxi from Ao Nang. Just be sure to warn the driver to stop in Krabi Town near the “white temple”. By the way, there is a clothing market on the way with prices significantly lower than in the shops of Ao Nang.
