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  Buddha: " Whenever you see things, just see. Whenever you listen, just listen. Whenever you know, just know."Thailand - Rare Stone Museum, BangkokThe Rare Stone Museum (and Ashtray Museum),
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A visit to the Thai Rare Stone Museum may not normally be at the top of any list of things to see in Bangkok but there are few other places on Earth that will challenge your imagination as much! A bit like cloud watching.
We spent a while admiring the two thousand or so that are showcased within, what we can only describe as wonderful natural phenomenon that the owner 'The King of Rocks' Mr. Bunyong Lertnimitr has collected for over 30 years. The collection started as a result of a visit to a bonsai exhibition where he saw and bought three stones - the more he looked at the stones the more he was fascinated. Admittedly some of the pieces have been sliced, polished or orientated to bring out the particular feature of the individual rock but many are just 'as found' in caves, rivers or mountains. One of the 
pieces weighs over a ton! Others are small and may have been washed up on any beach, any where in the world.
The Rare Stone Museum, Bangkok is probably the most interesting private collection of stones and fossils in Thailand if not the world.
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