Temple

Temples are beautiful touristic sites to visit in Thailand. They also host incredible people : monks. I have visited a few temples since I arrived in Phuket.

I visited Wat Dtai as an outing with the second grades at my school. We arrived at Wat Dtai and were told to sit in the prayer room after leaving our shoes outside. Many students, mostly the Thais, proceeded to sit on the mat in the proper way – your feet under you, at no time pointing towards the front of the temple. The others followed and copied. We sat there, whispering and waiting for the monk to arrive. He came in, dressed in his orange robe, and sat in front of us. He spoke only Thai, so unfortunately the speech he gave was not too relevant to the students who can’t speak Thai (and the teachers either!). However, luckily, we had a couple of Moms accompanying us which were able to translate a little bit. The purpose of our visit was to learn what Monks do in their day and to receive an introduction to Buddhism.

Temples are such a peaceful place to visit. I especially enjoy the bright red and gold colours and the smiling Buddhas... I find them much more inviting than the "bleeding man on the cross".