We were driving in a self-drive rental car along a section of road the Thailand tourist board promotes as the ‘Green Route’; a busy stretch of Highway 12 that runs from Khon Kaen to Phitsanulok. We were wondering just what exactly was “green” about the journey, which appeared more dust-brown in colour, when we spotted a temple on a nearby hill. Working out the route to the temple wasn’t easy but eventually with a combination of our road map, the Google maps app on my iPhone and my very poor Thai, we figured it out. Some people are easily templed-out but not us!