About This Blog
Started 29 August 2005, this blog is meant primarily to follow my adventures around the world. There will undoubtedly be detours into other things that interest me.Wat Arun
According to Lonely Planet (which often needs to be taken with a grain of salt, but in this case offers a highly plausible explanation), Chinese ships used to come to Bangkok carrying tons of old ceramics as ballast. This ballast was used to particularly good effect in the early 1800s (long before anyone thought of the term "found art") at Wat Arun. I don't know if the scale comes through with this image: the top of this thing is 82 meters above the ground. For those not familiar with the metric system, read "bloody huge."
I had returned there today to take pictures, and to attend a meditation class, but I was the only student and the teacher (Har Tanto, mentioned yesterday) didn't show up. I have his phone number, so I'll check next time - it's supposed to be every day. I'm wondering about returning though: classes are outside at dusk, and the area seems to be a breeding ground for mosquitos. I might do better to find another place to study.
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Comment by Terri:
That is an awesome picture! It is now my background.
The class sounds like a really neat opportunity. Can you get something like Off to help with the mosquitos?
Comment by Tammy:
Do they have Off in Bangkok? That stuff smells funny anyway. Go au naturel.
Heya Giles. Sorry I haven't posted before now. I have no good excuse. I have been following your posts though. Think of me as the lurking smoking man from X-Files.
I'm glad to see you are enjoying yourself. I drew great delight and laughed out loud at the thought of my long-legged Canadian in orange robes with inches and inches of leg showing. So should we expect to see a picture of you shaved when you have tried life as a monk?
At any rate, keep the posts coming as I'm collecting material for a poetry book I shall write about your travels and make millions of dollars. I'm entertaining several titles at the moment: "Orange Robes of Canada," "Long Legs of Bangkok," "A Tuk-tuk Named Desire," etc.
On a serious note, I have been working on a poem I've tentatively title "Two Weeks to Bangkok" and I'll send you a copy when it's beyond the serious revision stage.
Comment by Terri:
"A Tuk-tuk Named Desire"
hehehhe
Too funny!
Comment by Jennifer:
I love these pictures. Keep having fun, and sending the pictures. (Would love to see a pic of you all decked out in Orange Robes, or in the full lotus position. LOL