I went to a house blessing on Sunday at Manote's house. This was a buddhist ceremony and a real treat to see. Essentially, the monks chant (really a prayer) for about an hour or so and then take a break. After the break they resume chanting. There were offerings to Buddha - flowers, food, water - and at the end the eldest monk sprinkled water on everyone as a blessing. I probably needed some sort of blessing/cleansing after spending time at Patpong the previous Friday (again let me emphasize - nothing happened there).
After the ceremony we were treated to a nine course meal. The food was great with a lot of variety - vegetables, pork, chicken, rice, etc. - I even ate the stems of lotus flowers. Desert was a sweet coconut juice with bread dough floating in it - delicious!
To get to Manote's house we first took the skytrain, then a water taxi, then we got into a sort of pick-up truck taxi and finally walked the rest of the way. It took about an hour and a half to get there. To get home we walked some more, caught a Tuk-Tuk and then back to the river, where we took the river taxi back to the sky train station. Tuk guided me the whole time - she is intrepid and always gets me to our destinations safely.
I feel really fortunate to have seen this part of Thai life.
After the ceremony we were treated to a nine course meal. The food was great with a lot of variety - vegetables, pork, chicken, rice, etc. - I even ate the stems of lotus flowers. Desert was a sweet coconut juice with bread dough floating in it - delicious!
To get to Manote's house we first took the skytrain, then a water taxi, then we got into a sort of pick-up truck taxi and finally walked the rest of the way. It took about an hour and a half to get there. To get home we walked some more, caught a Tuk-Tuk and then back to the river, where we took the river taxi back to the sky train station. Tuk guided me the whole time - she is intrepid and always gets me to our destinations safely.
I feel really fortunate to have seen this part of Thai life.
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