Joseph -almost- in the monastery

By Joseph Boy
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January 31 2020

On vacation, unlike at home, I am a real walker. Armed with my camera, I often stray from the well-known paths and there you often come across the nicest scenes.

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If you want to make a nice trip for next week, the annual initiation party of young men entering the monastery in the province of Surin might be a nice idea. The festival, which lasts for three days from May 18 to 20, is accompanied by a colorful parade of novice monks who are transported on the back of elephants.

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Reader question: Monastic residence near Bangkok

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November 26 2015

We would like to stay in a monastery in the vicinity of Bangkok for a few days in mid-January to experience daily life and meditation. If possible we want to have an English conversation with the monks/novices about their daily life, Buddhism and general affairs.

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