Sunday, February 08, 2009

We're Back in Chiang Mai

We made it back. It seemed fairly cool compared to the humidity of KL. We walked from the airport to the Vegetarian buffet place, but as I feared, it was closed because today is Macha Bucha, a Buddhist holiday. So then we flagged a song thaew home. We got here for this religious ceremony last year, so you can see the video from our closest Thai wat.

From DiscoveryThailand.com

One of the most important Buddhist celebrations - Macha Bucha Day falls on the full moon day of the third lunar month. Not particularly a festival, Macha Bucha is a Buddhist holy day and marks a point in history when 1,250 of the Lord Buddha's followers gathered to hear his sermon. Macha Bucha Day is a day when worshipers to walk three times around temples in a bid to make merit.



Since it's a holiday, they said no one would be in the office. I'm not complaining. But I do have to find out where we are meeting with the farmers to get the bus to Bangkok tomorrow night.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Comments will be reviewed, not for content (except ads), but for style. Comments with personal insults, rambling tirades, and significant repetition will be deleted. Ads disguised as comments, unless closely related to the post and of value to readers (my call) will be deleted. Click here to learn to put links in your comment.