This are Geo-location comments and addition to "Island map of blessed Rudraksha Trees". Complete photo & video archive updating on our Tree Photo Bank. Also sharing for free distribution photo-originals of 108 Shiva names, and link to its video. Current status of information on this page is "private" - first we sharing it with selected groups of people, who we think can use it for the trees protection and goodness. All worrying cases and negative factors - both where we "in-work" or "just-noting", with ideas to improve it we inviting to discuss separately, preferably in real meetings.
Places around - south of island
Tree near Nai Temple Pagoda, dedicated to Garuda - king of the birds. With old snake, this tree angled down, has very own oblong kind of beads, photo-2.
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Garden of restaurant, river area with 1` big and other smaller but double tree - it was a First tree we recognized. Big food-fest of flying foxes also holds in this area (beginning of September-17)
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Below elephant camp, twin coconut palm, shining mushrooms - tree of pot-belled ideal golden beads, with 3 neighboring trees and few above opposite the road. Photo 1
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Area of Phaeng waterfall Few big trees on a road to Phaeng we found later. Place inside the park - left-high area, where the flying heroes coming to taste the fruits, - they flying from trees of Khao Ra outskirts. On a right side of park we feed the deer's couple - they loves to eat rudrakshas at whole. Some beads in season collected at parking - under the coconut palms. Some, inc. 1 five-mukhi - near the first (and only here) natural swimming pool near the gate. Picture of flowers on a bridge. Picture of Rudraksha fruits on a branch. Tallest tree outside. Other tree outside near the park - both on a road.
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OLD TREE
Bought years ago by wise monk, who wants to save some lands & trees from mass destruction due to the wood sales. Few areas around the island includes this grove with oldest Rudraksha tree, described below. |
Kan Khao meeting place
Every FUll-Moon during the fruit season of Rudraksha fruit flying foxes has a special party-meetings with big eatery and celebrations - both Full-Moon and ripeness of fruits. |
Elephant Park
Biggest elephant on the island walking in blossoming lotus lake is definetely the gem of that area. Few trees of Rudraksha gives small beads in a season. |
Than Sadeth waterfall First beads were collected on the entrance to the temple, where we already frequented to grow Cacao. Grove behind the temple was a place where we collected first hundred of Rudrakshas from various trees. Small curved (form of mulberry). Trees growing further on a road to the beach.
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Central grove - "Tree Bank" - Oldest tallest tree of Rudraksha with small "Phra" beads on a middle road.
Angle-Tree with old snake.