Picto Diary - 14 April 2017 - Phuket (redux)
Above: TIMDT observes Big Buddha Temple. Phuket, Thailand. 14 April 2017.
We were in Phuket five years ago, also on a cruise. My memory from that visit was SpaGo lying on the ground under an elephant's foot. It seemed amusing at the time. I have since learned that hanging with elephants in Thailand may not be all that safe.
Above: Buddhist credo. Big Buddha Temple. Phuket Thailand. 14 April 2017.
Above: Firecrackers going off. Chalong Temple. Phuket Thailand. 14 April 2017.
Thai New Year's Holiday.
Above: TIMDT and holiday participants. Chalong Temple. Phuket, Thailand. 14 April 2017.
Water Holiday. Fire crackers.
Wat Chalong (วัดฉลองหรือวัดไชยธาราราม) is where stands the cast statue of Luang Pho Cham, who helped the people of Phuket put down the Angyee, or Chinese Coolie Rebellion, in 1876 during the reign of Rama V. There are also statues of Luang Pho Chuang, and Luang Pho Cham, abbots of the temple during later times.