Trip to Thailand Day 7 and 8
Oh no! More travelling. But wait this is just a little way down the highway!
From Phetchabun North to Lom Sak and then West up the mountain to the temple. As Peter mentioned the road actually was originally single lane and with the trucks it would have been a difficult and hazardous journey. Now, however there were two lanes up and three where it was steepest and enabled us to easily pass trucks on the steep gradient.
Once we reached the temple itself, Peter decided he didn’t want to see the giant Buddha and temple again so he parked the car while the ladies and I took off into the temple. Remove your shoes at the entrance gate, where a pair of socks (provided) if you like or go in bare feet, this is sacred ground.
We walked around the viewing platform before presenting ourselves to the main temple. We filled out an envelope and inserted our offering. The girls held the envelope between their palms and offered it to the heavens. They then took it over to the announcer. He was on the loudspeaker announcing the names of those giving gifts, where they’re were from and the amount. My name meant nothing to him so he said jeramo from Phetchabun and the amount!
I asked the girls what they were praying for and they said “Good Luck!”. So much for an offering to the temple which was destined to help them do good works on behalf of their religion.
We set off after that to drive around the mountain and we found Peter’s friend's resort (which is not flourishing-too many resorts in this area). He wasn’t home so we wandered off and found a restaurant for ourselves (as usual). I tried the pork (without chilli as it effects my throat) plus some fried rice. Most of the others were eating food so spicy that it made my ears burn!
Down the mountain and home to siesta before beer o’clock and dinner. Weather extremely mild, no greater than 28 degrees at it’s hottest in the day and always a slight cool breeze in the well-designed home.
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