Chiaya, Thailand. We visited Wat Suan Mokk, a buddhist wat and international meditation retreat. People come from all over for the monthly 10-day silent meditation retreat offered here. The men and women are kept separate ad you are not even supposed to look other people in the eye as you stare, sit, and sleep. I kept thinking that if they added aches all over your body, it would be kind of like the 10 days I had dengue fever. I stared, sat, and slept a lot.
There is a hall that had some interesting murals about Buddhism and other beliefs and a giant concrete boat called the "Dharma ship". It had a rock garden and a giant bell tower. It made me want to sail away on the S.S. Dharma.
The spacey hippie monk painting is the famous monk that founded the wat. He died 15 years, or so ago, and his picture is found in many places.
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