Water Ceremony

This was the Buddhist ceremony in Bangkok. The bride and groom put circles of string, that are connected, around each of their heads and they kneel with their hands in a prayer position. Everyone whom desires, can walk up and poor holy water over their hands and give them a blessing for their marriage.

Thailand: Matt and Maud's Wedding

January 26th 2006
After Paris I headed for Thailand. It was a huge shock leaving in snow and arriving in 80 degree humidity. For the next ten days we traveled around Bangkok, flew to Phuket Island for New Years, spent a lot of time at the beach, experienced native customs, spent two nights in the nicest hotel I have ever seen, attended both a westernized wedding for Matt and Maud in Phuket and then a Buddhist wed ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more

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