It features a seated golden Buddha image, a large statue of Kwam Im, the Chinese Goddess of Mercy and fine Thai temple architecture.
To explain why this temple, or any temple for that matter was not on my list of things to see, was because we had just spent weeks exploring temples in Laos, followed by a stopover to see more temples in Chiang Mai and I was what you could say “templed out”.
We decided to combine our visit to the temple and surrounding sights in Phang Nga Province on the same day we were to leave Khao Lak to drive south to Phuket.
The drive from Khao Lak to Wat Bang Riang took us well over an hour; the roads were good, just a little windy and narrow in parts but very scenic.
After getting lost a couple of times we eventually found the temple and to our amazement there was only one other car in the carpark.