The Bachelorette 12 - JoJo Fletcher - S/Caps - SM - Sleuthing - Discussion - *Sleuthing - Spoilers* #2

The white Buddha statute looks like it is on a regular office/house building.  There are 3 monks on the roof and you can compare how large the statue is to them.  One of the monks looks like he might not be happy that the photographer got so close as he is standing on the edge looking towards the photographer.  I wonder if this building is part of a larger religious sanctuary or monastery.  Hence the white buildings off to the right of the photo.  Behind the statue, the ground looks like stone/asphalt.  

Yes, I have looked too with no luck.

I've looked too and gave up after finding something that was so close but the hand was in a different pose!

I too thought it might be a house because of the white square building. Compared to all the other ones that come up that clearly look like a temple, or sacred grounds.

@MiniDiva - I never saw any monks! I need to go back and search harder! Good recap of the possibilities.

ETA: I see them now. They are dressed in red? Maybe another clue that can help us.

Immediately behind the buddha and on the ground looks like a street. 
I must admit I have spent too much time looking for it too. 

rhondam wrote:I've looked too and gave up after finding something that was so close but the hand was in a different pose!

You're spoiled now? Good work over there. I thought the one you found was the closest and that this one might be in the same area, but the link didn't offer any more info. I think it was a flicker pic or something. The house below the one you found was very similar to this one. IIRC it even had green shutters!

Could the big buddha be at the Temple on the Hill in Pai, Thailand?

http://www.dontremainatadpole.com/thailand/13-things-pai-thailand/

The statue itself looks similar and so does the balustrade or fencing along the side edges.  But the bases/what's below the statues are different.  That has steps up front.  The unknown one clearly has a building below it.  And from the one SC we have, it appears you enter from the back side of the building/statue at ground level.

I looked at far too many pics of that statue at one point earlier too.  

JMO

Great job Grace and JC!

definitely tons of white tall buddha even one in a montain but no temple under it like the picture.

it is next a village as we can see some roofs though.

grace8136 wrote:

rhondam wrote:I've looked too and gave up after finding something that was so close but the hand was in a different pose!

You're spoiled now? Good work over there. I thought the one you found was the closest and that this one might be in the same area, but the link didn't offer any more info. I think it was a flicker pic or something. The house below the one you found was very similar to this one. IIRC it even had green shutters!

Thanks Grace. I did post it over there? Good bc I deleted it from my photos. I can't remember how dif the hands were. Could they have flipped the hands in editing like they did to Ben's jacket at the FRC last year? I will go see if I can find my original post.

ETA: nevermind my flipping theory. The Buddah in the image I found has both hands resting in his lap and the one from preview has one palm facing up. But yes the shutters were both red.

Rhondam, the one you found before said Tak province, Thailand, in the description.  Link

At this point we don't have anything placing them that far up in Thailand, but the building is the closest I've seen.  It may end up just being filler footage, that either a scout team took before filming or while getting b rolls before the dates started.  Hopefully, previews from the next couple epi's helps us narrow things down and/or point us in the right direction so we can place the statue.

It's beginning to bug me like that bronze statue we didn't place until just before Ryan B and Em's last 1:1.  I looked at far too many bronze women back then.   JMO

Not sure if this SC has been identified, but it looks to be the Khao Takiab Temple, Huan Hin.  It is on Chopstick Hill also known as Monkey Mountain.
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^^^ fantastic @MiniDiva

that is definitely a match to me!