Destination: Wat Prathong and the quirky temple museum

Wat Prathong’s main claim to fame is a golden Buddha that dates back centuries. The golden image, Luang Pho Phra Phut, was buried in an area where villagers raised cows and buffaloes. One day, a kid tied his buffalo to what he thought was a stone covered in mud. He died later that morning. His father went to find the buffalo, which had died as well. In a dream that night, the father learned the reason for their deaths: he had tied the buffalo to the top of a Buddha image (even today, touchin...