Makha Bucha Day was yesterday so time to get some photos, my girlfriend went to some boring temple in Jomtien, I went to the one overlooking Pattaya Bay and is full of repentant bargirls, well which would you goto
Makha Bucha day is on the 3rd lunar month, ie when the moon is full the 3rd time, Buddhists holidays go together with full moons like vodka goes with orange juice, if there is a full moon odds are there is a Buddha day (and odds are bars wont be selling beer).
So how did it all start, well 500 years before Jesus was a twinkle in his fathers eye, ie 2,500 years ago 1,250 monks from different places spontaneously went to pay homage to the Buddha, obviously he probably wasn't too happy about all these monks turning up at his door step on the same day, can't find anything about 2 loaves of bread and a couple of fish in relating to Buddha but I'm sure he was expected to feed them, but this is only part of why we have Makha Bucha day and the way it is today, in 1957 the Monk in charge of the Marble Temple in Bangkok, Kittsobhana Mahathera decided it was a more important day than just a normal Buddhist holy day.
So onto the temple, loads of Thais worshipping anything that wasn't moving and even things that were moving.
Buy some birds and set them free to make merit, wonder if the bird catchers will be going to hell....
Thai Fortune Tellers telling the future, no idea what that farang is doing there, probably reads his own horoscope everyday.
Can't have a Thai festival without food.
Gifts for the Monks, note no whisky in these gift baskets
In the evening there is suppossed to be a candle festival, as it was Sunday I assume they will have one tonight so maybe get some photos of that.