One Saturday we decided to check out the Snake Temple.
It is also called the Temple of the Azure Cloud.
To explain, here is info from another website...
Built in 1805 in the memory of the renowned Chinese monk Chor Soo Kong, the Snake Temple is situated in the small town of Bayan Lepas and is famous for the fact that it has pit vipers living on the temple ground. Legend has it, that Chor Soo Kong, who was also a healer, gave shelter to the snakes of the jungle. After the completion of the temple, snakes appeared on their own accord. Today the snake population of the Temple of the Azure Cloud is very small, due to the urbanization of the area, but you can still see them coiled up on the altar tables, and touch them if you are brave enough. Originally the snakes were said to be rendered inoffensive by the smell of the incenses, but just for good measure, today the resident vipers are devenomed.
People paying tribute to a Buddhist god.
Can you see the snake on the ring of the tree?
There was also a section of some caged snakes, some deadlier than others.
Notice Darby and I are not even touching this snake!
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