Today I started out with a tour of three temples, and then I had the driver drop me at the Grand Palace.
I heard monks chanting.
I saw many Buddha’s. Maybe hundreds. Maybe thousands. I saw a gold Buddha that weighs 5 tons and one that weighs one ton. I saw a reclining Buddha that was just plain huge.
I talked with my guide about Buddhism. He said that Thai men must be monks for three months when they are thirty and then spend 2 years in the military. Having to be a monk before you go into the military sounds brilliant to me.
Perhaps it is Buddhism that makes the Thais’s I have met so peaceful and happy.
More pictures from today online.
It is only afternoon, but my foot and broken finger are calling a halt, at least for now. I can’t imagine snapping my Achilles tendon over here. I even have blisters on both feet. But the day was worth the blisters.