PU JON KOM
Pu Jon Kom is another retreat monastery, located in a unique environment of weirdly weathered volcanic rock. It is located on the Mekong River, across from Laos. This place is special to me because I spent my first rains retreat as a novice there in 1991. On this trip I visited only for a brief time.
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| Crossing a bridge across the gorge. | The world-famous Donald Duck rock. |
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| My kuti in Pu Jon Kom. | The view from my kuti. We are looking across the Mekong at the hills of Laos. |
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| The small peak in the background is the actual Pu Jon Kom, which means little tiny mountain. | Some of the strange rock formations. |
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| Another view across the Mekong. The monk is Bhante Rahula from the Bhavana Society who was on a visit and travelled in our group to Pu Jon Kom. | Walking up the hill to the kutis. |