#makhabucha

#makhabucha #เชืญบูชา #ครูบาแก๊ป #makemerit (at วัดดอยธรรมเจดีย์) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpbk0hdByzF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Makha Bucha day #makhabucha #มาฆบูชา #offering for Dr. June (#mum) #love #peace 🙏 #offering #honoured #thankyou for our time together #thinkingofyou #sending #favoritethings #gratitude #prayer #zen #energy #love 💜 #light #laughter 🙏 #family #iloveyou #instazen #instagram #instaancestors #instamemories #fearlessfaggott #ประเทศไทย #tamboon #monks #chanting #prayer at Silom #market #earlymorning (at Bangkok, Thailand) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLwNQTnBvHj/?igshid=12pfviu5nb2xi

#MakhaBucha ... Se celebra esta noche de Luna llena. La tradición conmemora el momento de la "iluminación" en que Buda queda liberado del ciclo de la vida, nacimiento, sufrimiento y reencarnación. https://www.instagram.com/p/BuFaekkFpzo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pz2fclvnb9xb

Прямо сейчас в Паттайе +30°С, Без дождя! и это не смотря, что по местному времени сейчас уже более 10-и вечера... А тем временем, по всей Юго восточной Азии, в том числе и в Таиланде продолжают отмечать празднование Макха Буча! По приданию: В полнолуние третьего лунного месяца 1250 человек, заранее не сговариваясь между собой, собрались перед великим учителем в бамбуковом лесу, недалеко от Раджгира в северной Индии. Будда прочитал им наставления, изложив основные "нюансы" и суть просветления: Творить только добро, Не совершать дурных поступков и Очищать ум! Конечно же, каждый человек по своему понимает все эти аспекты..., но суть сказанного, всё же неизменна... В переводе с древнего языка Пали "Макха" означает Третий месяц лунного календаря, а "Буча" - Почитание, Проявление уважения... Большинство магазинов, сегодня, как собственно и в любой другой Значимый праздник, не продают алкоголь... Ну, а таечка по имени Энн поздравляет всех гостей и жителей Королевства Таиланд с этим светлым праздником, и желает всем быть добрее! Творите добро люди! Возможно, это и есть смысл жизни... #МакхаБуча #Таиланд #Паттайя #MakhaBucha #таечкаЭнн #погодавТаиланде #тайскаякосметика https://www.instagram.com/p/BuEab3oBwXy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xd0cv1ad81zj

#makhabucha (at พระศรีศากยะทศพลญาณ พุทธมณฑลสุทรรศน์) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuEDLvOHOub/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=y2agujhn7jj2

Today was an important day. Today we finally gave up the ghost and started drinking water from the cheap as hell reverse osmosis machines around town. 6L of water for 5 baht ($0.20 Canadian). Diarrhea watch is back on but so far we are in the clear. We have been hitting the gym pretty often in the last week. Today we made the awful mistake of following up a morning gym run with yoga at Fitness Thailand. It was a solid class but we discovered that it actually meant a second hour and a half workout. That little Thai woman was not fucking around. At one point, following our core workout day, this lady was forcing some brutal core work and Maggie looked over at me with eyes burning with the fury of one thousand suns and gave me the finger for suggesting it. Afterwards, we limped out of the gym and headed for lunch. We have started a few weeks of trying to live even cheaper than we have been. Previously, our meal budget was roughly 250 baht or $10 Canadian for the both of us. Now, we are keeping below 150 or $6 Canadian per meal. It hasn't been much of a struggle. We just have to be more selective with where we go. I'm really enjoying it so far. It makes every new place like finding treasure. We grabbed coffee and food at a little restaurant inside a terracotta garden canopied by trees. It's a great place to relax on a hot day and a new favourite of ours. This weekend also marks a Buddhist holiday called Makha Bucha which means three days where the entire country goes dry. No booze. Can't buy it anywhere. Tough days but we soldiered on. We took the opportunity to check out a Wat in town doing a beautiful display, burning candles and setting them afloat in the pond around a statue of the Buddha. It was amazing. Afterwards, we grabbed food at a night market across the moat near our place. It's on every night and the food is amazingly cheap. 100 baht ($4 cdn) usually gets us out of there well fed. We also had the opportunity to take in, what we like to believe is, a local celebrity. Fat crying superman. This kid was going on like the most spoiled kids back home. All while decked out in a full superman costume. Cape and all. I loved it. I'm not usually a big kid person and this chubby blubbering mess cemented why. You do you, bud. You do you. That entertainment capped off the evening before heading home. Tomorrow the silver temple

We visited Wat Chalong to celebrate Makha Bucha... . More photographs and stories can be found on www.timinphuket.blogspot.com #thailand #phuket #localsknow #adayinphuket #phuketstagram #thisisphuket #ig_phuket #WatChalong #buddhism #makhabucha (at Wat Chalong, Phuket Thailand)