Wat Khun Samut Trawat in Ban Khun Samut Chin, Samut Prakan Province in Thailand, is a Thai temple that has now become surrounded by the sea due to land erosion.you can see how far away the temple is now from the rest of the community. Many of the families in Ban Khun Samut have moved their houses inland four or five times during the last two generations. In total, over one kilometre of land has been lost and a further four kilometres has been affected.
The temple is the only building that hasn't been moved yet in this community. Most of the temple buildings have been raised on stilts, including the kutis where the monks sleep. However, the only thing they could do with the chapel is to raise the floor.
How to go to Wat Khun Samut ?
There are no roads at all on Cape Thunder (Laem Fapha) in Phra Samut Chedi District of Samut Prakan Province. To reach any of the communites in that area, you will have to travel by boat and on foot. If you study the satellite maps you will see that most of this area is covered by shrimp farms. To reach Khun Samut Chin Village we went by boat and then walked the last two kilometres. There are no restaurants there so make sure you take your own food and bottled water. There are also no hotels. The following are two methods that we know about:
There is a daily boat service that leaves the pier at Paknam Market. As you walk into the market, straight ahead is the pier for the ferry boat to Phra Samut Chedi on the other side of the river. Don't go there. Turn left and walk about ten metres. Turn right in the first gap and you will reach the pier for the long-tailed boats. The boat for Wat Khun Samut is supposed to leave at 9.15 a.m. However, we twice missed this boat as it went earlier than advertised. The second time we turned up at 8.40 a.m. and we had just missed it. The cost of this boat is 40 baht each. Make sure you tell him where you want to go as there is another boat that goes elsewhere! The boat won't take you all the way to Ban Khun Samut Chin. At the jetty, get off and just walk south through the shrimp farms. The first house you will reach belongs the village chief. There is also a museum here. The next building is bright red and and contains the village shrine. Keep walking south until you reach a sign in Thai that says turn right for the temple. You then walk through a mangrove forest. When you come out, you will see a concrete raised platform on your left. This takes you out to the temple. The boat returns from the jetty at 3 p.m. There is only one boat returning so make sure you don't miss it.
There is a daily boat service that leaves the pier at Paknam Market. As you walk into the market, straight ahead is the pier for the ferry boat to Phra Samut Chedi on the other side of the river. Don't go there. Turn left and walk about ten metres. Turn right in the first gap and you will reach the pier for the long-tailed boats. The boat for Wat Khun Samut is supposed to leave at 9.15 a.m. However, we twice missed this boat as it went earlier than advertised. The second time we turned up at 8.40 a.m. and we had just missed it. The cost of this boat is 40 baht each. Make sure you tell him where you want to go as there is another boat that goes elsewhere! The boat won't take you all the way to Ban Khun Samut Chin. At the jetty, get off and just walk south through the shrimp farms. The first house you will reach belongs the village chief. There is also a museum here. The next building is bright red and and contains the village shrine. Keep walking south until you reach a sign in Thai that says turn right for the temple. You then walk through a mangrove forest. When you come out, you will see a concrete raised platform on your left. This takes you out to the temple. The boat returns from the jetty at 3 p.m. There is only one boat returning so make sure you don't miss it.
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