Today I set an alarm and got up early to meet some Buddhist monks. The monks live a very peaceful and quiet life in monastries and don't do 'mortal' activities like cooking as they are trying to seek enlightenment. Each each morning they will walk around their village to be given food by the local people, this is called Tak Bart.
Around 95% of Thai people are Buddhist and believe that if you treat people nicely you will go to a better place when you die. As monks are very important and respected people, giving them food so they don't go hungry is a very good deed indeed.
To thank us for our offerings of curry, rice, fruit and water the monks blessed us in Thai and it was very humbling to see such respected people that seemed to be at so much peace.
(Normally it's not considered 'proper' to take a photo of Buddhist monks without their permission, but here they had given their permission to everyone at the resort making offerings)
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