Thailand with Austin - Breakfast with the Buddhists

Our flight left for Singapore at 10am, but that still left plenty of time for one last thing.  A 5am thing.

Here's David, taking advantage of the early hour to text a friend back in the US.

Every morning before sunrise, the monks walk down a hill from their monastery to the city to collect alms for the day.

They mostly collect food, and when their bowls are full they walk back up the hill where it all will be divided and shared for lunch, their second and last meal for the day.

You can bring your own donations, or you can buy food there for a dollar or two.  You place the alms in the bowls (not touching the sides!), and then kneel to receive a blessing from the monks.

It's getting lighter outside...

And finally light enough for breakfast!  We enjoyed a typical Thai breakfast of rice porridge, which included soy sauce, bean sprouts, egg, meat, green onions and mushrooms.  A little much for me for breakfast (I need a little more sugar in the morning) but David loved it.

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And thus ends our whirlwind trip of Thailand.  Thanks to Austin, who gave up Christmas with his family to come and visit us, and join me next time for our trip to the Maldives, or One Last Hurrah.