Today we took a trip to the "Stonehenge of Thailand" which is located about 35km away from Chaiyaphum, up in the mountains. The trip was interesting as we were trying to read the signs in Thai script that directed us to this natural wonder. After a few wrong turns we found ourselves climbing the final leg of the journey on a dirt road dodging construction equipment and oncoming traffic. Finally we were rewarded with the sight of many rocks jutting out of the hillside about 40 to 50ft high, and a bustle of Thai people, we knew we were in the right place. The rocks were sandstone, and I think they were the remnants of a giant reef, though we can't be sure because all of the signs were also written in Thai script. We snapped a few pictures and began to head home, as we drove back down the hill we noticed that were the construction equipment had been working before, it had all stopped. We scootered past one of the construction workers hiding behind a rock, with a long lead wire headed to a rock the size of the car that we were now driving right next to. I put it all together and realized we were driving through a blast site, we continued driving and found another construction worker. I asked him dynamite? He nodded, and then I asked, meu-arai? Which means when, he muttered the word for now and pointed at the ground and smiled. He then yelled to the man behind the rock, seconds later rock was sent a hundred feet in the air, decimating the road we had just driven over. We continued on our way, stopping at a small music festival in a village, and taking some pictures of the countryside. It was an interesting trip and it was good to get out of Chaiyaphum to see the slower side of life for a day.
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