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Monasteries: The Latest Boutique Hotels
A new type of destination.
Monasteries have always welcomed travelers. When they are no longer used for monks, they make great hotels. Many have upgraded their accommodations in recent years to compete with luxury resorts.
As well as being physically beautiful, ex-monasteries are often strikingly spiritual, as if centuries of prayer and plainchant have seeped into their massive walls. A stay in a cloister seems to incline one to contemplation, reading, sleeping well and turning off the mobile.
Get a closer look at five such ex-monasteries….
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Pinhole Camera Made From Human Skull
Hard to believe that an ugly piece of art made from precious metals like silver, mercury and gold with gem stones decked on its body, is a camera.
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Buddhist Temple Made of Beer Bottles
The Fruits of Recycling
Monks in Thailand’s Sisaket province collected a million beer bottles and built an entire temple! The Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew temple is constructed of a combination of green Heineken bottles and the brown bottles of a local beer.
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