3 Sukothai Pics I Love

1. The Buddha's foot. Actually, I read a lot about the Buddha's footprint at the museum and I thought it was very interesting. Before people actually made Buddha statues/images called "phra" they made symbols to represent where the Buddha had travelled. They liked to make huge Buddha footprints on the side of the mountains or at any sacred place. It represented that Buddhist thought and ideas had travelled to that part of the world.

2. I like this picture, well, because it's one of the only pictures of Hila and I together in Sukothai but also because we got to climb up on the ruins and look out over most of the old city. Lots of people were making merit and there was a fog of incense as this cute old man took our picture. I just felt really happy at that moment.

3. The temple cat. This cat was very gaunt and possibly sick. She barely even acknowledged us when we walked by. After we left the temple, we found some food stands outside and bought some meat to feed to this cat who was ravenous. That was our merit-making for the day. The lady didn't charge us for the food which was very kind. We told her in Thai, "The cat says thank you." She laughed and I think we all earned some good karma at that moment. Maybe those folks will start feeding the cat everyday.