P1000951

Monk Stay

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February 28th 2008
This week I lived as a Buddhist monk and learnt all about Buddhism! What an experience that was!!!! We started the week off getting up bright and early at 5am to greet the monks as they walked past- they walk through the village every day at this time to collect food from everybody in the village for the day. So the majority of the group got up and were waiting with the food we had prepared ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand

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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