You gotta eat

The Duty Monks take their mid-day meal (the last of the day), laid out by visitors (in this case my family) who have brought the food to make merit.

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THAILAND - BUDDHISM - THE REAL THING

October 6th 2010
Gleaming gold and red temples, huge golden statues of the Buddha, the smell of incense, grave-faced monks chanting the sutras in Pali, lines of reverent worshippers sitting in 'samadhi', the occasional slow booming sound of a gong. This is the picture most travellers have of Thai Buddhism, and to an extent it is a true reflection as an earlier post of mine on the subject shows (July 19th). Bu ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Eastern Thailand » Chachoengsao

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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