Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Festival time in Thailand.
Bloomin low season!
No, no, I said - nothing like a monsoon!
Well, it was yesterday.
We went out for some lunch - indoor restaurant, of course.
Reading, playing in the afternoon.
Then, hooray - a brief rain free break.
The last 2 days have mostly featured the festival - the vegetarian, cleansing festival.
We were there for the pole raising - a huge sturdy pole with a tree fixed to the top.
Then Jamie, Bill and I were there for the official beginning of the 10 day event.
It began at midnight.
This was a peaceful and moving Chinese/Thai religious event. It was mostly very peaceful.
This photo is mine - obviously we tried to stay in the back ground. Here I am watchibng through the open window.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamiemonk/sets/72157627764282164
This is a set of photos already organised by Jamie.
During the festival the evenings are spent socialising on the streets and at the shrine.
We joined with people in the village to eat tasty vegetarian noodles - no alcohol of course at this time of cleansing.
It is a time of fireworks and firecrackers - the bangs frighten away evil.
The children bought some little ones for home - mostly sparklers,
And then it rained again.
It has already rained today. Sad - we had planned to go away to Khao Sok, the national park on the mainland. But it is not worth it during bad weather, ........hopefully next week.
We may well go to a museum, that we have visited before.
Tonight some of us might join the street activities in Phuket Town.
No, no, I said - nothing like a monsoon!
Well, it was yesterday.
We went out for some lunch - indoor restaurant, of course.
Reading, playing in the afternoon.
Then, hooray - a brief rain free break.
The last 2 days have mostly featured the festival - the vegetarian, cleansing festival.
We were there for the pole raising - a huge sturdy pole with a tree fixed to the top.
Then Jamie, Bill and I were there for the official beginning of the 10 day event.
It began at midnight.
This was a peaceful and moving Chinese/Thai religious event. It was mostly very peaceful.
This photo is mine - obviously we tried to stay in the back ground. Here I am watchibng through the open window.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamiemonk/sets/72157627764282164
This is a set of photos already organised by Jamie.
During the festival the evenings are spent socialising on the streets and at the shrine.
We joined with people in the village to eat tasty vegetarian noodles - no alcohol of course at this time of cleansing.
It is a time of fireworks and firecrackers - the bangs frighten away evil.
The children bought some little ones for home - mostly sparklers,
And then it rained again.
It has already rained today. Sad - we had planned to go away to Khao Sok, the national park on the mainland. But it is not worth it during bad weather, ........hopefully next week.
We may well go to a museum, that we have visited before.
Tonight some of us might join the street activities in Phuket Town.
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