Breakfast the morning after the jungle mountain hike consisted of a Thai porridge-like dish. It's what people eat when they're sick so it seemed appropriate for the wicked hangover I was suffering from. There was a nice little shrine by our table in addition to a poster of the king who drove the burmese and the current king of Thailand.
After the breakfast it was back to Chanthaburi to spend the last day visiting some temples and checking out the market one last time. One buddhist temple we visited had another monument of King Taksin along with various statues of the buddha.
The temple that housed the monument for King taksin was in the shape of his hat/helmet that he was known for. His sword was HUGE and his shoes Pointed upward sharply like the shoes of an elf. Along with the usual offerings inside his temple there were two flattened pig heads. I wonder if the pig heads had any additional significance when compared to the traditional offerings.
In one of the temples they had a hindu statue as well with many heads representing it's many reincarnations.
From there we visited the market where we were greeted with funny shirts in english that many of the locals will wear without knowing the meaning. you can correlate this with how sometimes people in the states get tattoos in chinese characters thinking it means one thing but instead something totally different.
Of course my personal favorite is one that i've found myself saying after certain debaucherous nights.
That was that for Thailand. I had a great time there but now its off to Taiwan to visit my friend Ryan who lives in Zhong Li. He also teaches English there and I haven't seen him in about three years ao it should be fun. Farewell Thailand!!!
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