Hua Hin
We took a shuttle to the beach today (about 2 hours from Bangkok) to visit Ma's friend. I'm actually in her Internat Cafe right now. We have a Rotary Installation to go to for the new officers of the sister club of Magkang, the Hua Hin Rotary Club.
Most of the beach resorts are shut down, as it is not summer anymore, but there are still a fair amount of foreigners here. There is a lot of property for sale as well and condos go for about 2.9 million baht or about $72,000. Any takers?
The water is warm but I didn't go swimming because there are too many jellyfish.
We also went to see a big Buddha on a hill.
And I almost was eaten by Buddha's dragon.
So, why does Buddha look different, depending on the rendition of his image? Well, the story I was told is that some woman was in love with him because he was so beautiful but since his practices don't allow for love relationships with women, he "intentioned" himself to be fat so that she wouldn't be as attracted to him anymore. I'm a bit confused though because the peaceful Buddha (the first one) is the most popular here and is from the Ayuthaya period, but I don't know when the fat Buddha started to show up, although either image is likely to be seen at any given shrine.
We took a shuttle to the beach today (about 2 hours from Bangkok) to visit Ma's friend. I'm actually in her Internat Cafe right now. We have a Rotary Installation to go to for the new officers of the sister club of Magkang, the Hua Hin Rotary Club.
Most of the beach resorts are shut down, as it is not summer anymore, but there are still a fair amount of foreigners here. There is a lot of property for sale as well and condos go for about 2.9 million baht or about $72,000. Any takers?
The water is warm but I didn't go swimming because there are too many jellyfish.
We also went to see a big Buddha on a hill.
And I almost was eaten by Buddha's dragon.
So, why does Buddha look different, depending on the rendition of his image? Well, the story I was told is that some woman was in love with him because he was so beautiful but since his practices don't allow for love relationships with women, he "intentioned" himself to be fat so that she wouldn't be as attracted to him anymore. I'm a bit confused though because the peaceful Buddha (the first one) is the most popular here and is from the Ayuthaya period, but I don't know when the fat Buddha started to show up, although either image is likely to be seen at any given shrine.
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