August 23, 2005

Thailand: July 19 - Aug 1


I managed to get to Thailand twice this year, once for holiday and once for work – Wahooo! This trip was for work, but I did manage to get in a few free days!! I took the above picture outside one of the 33,000 temples (Wats) in Thailand. They have more temples than we have Starbucks! We were there over the Buddhists Lent holiday. It is a national holiday and everyone goes out to the temples donating food to the monks to help them through the rainy season. To give donations at temple is called 'making merit', think of it like deposits in the big karma bank. What an amazing experience.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Greg,

I believe the term is "making merit".

The Code Man

Greg said...

yea yea yea.. I typed it up quick. Yes you don't give merit you earn it, so "making merit" is correct.