Party time at Kuk Veang

The older boys at Wat Po Vang had just finished lighting fire-crackers

The small brick temple of Kuk Veang lies in the grounds of Wat Po Vang, a kilometre from the town of Taing Krasaing along a dusty side road. The waves and shouted welcomes suggest few foreign visitors to the site, which I had first visited eight years earlier. The new pagoda under construction at that time is now finished and all else looks exactly the same. The small brick prasat is still lovingly cared for by the laymen at the temple. On this occasion, my visit attracted a big audience of mostly young children. As you can see from the photos above and below, they love having their picture taken, though there were just as many who ran around the other side of the pagoda to avoid the camera!

The younger element at Wat Po Vang