Axel Rose once screamed "Welcome to the jungle
We take it day by day
If you want it, you're gonna bleed
But that's the price you pay"
And my feet did bleed from walking barefoot because I did not toughen them up before getting on the airplane to Thailand. That's another story which you can find out more about if you watch the entire series on this channel.
"Wat Ba" in Thai language or "Jungle Monastary" in English differ from "Wat Ban," which are located in or very near cities. Wat Ba are more primitive and further from services such as hospitals and stores. For example, a Wat Ba often will either not have electricity or rely on solar power for power, and there may or may not be a cellular phone signal. I could not receive a phone signal where I stayed but I could walk to a spot where I could sometimes get one bar of service on Thailand's AIS network.
Knowing all this, why would a retired American in his sixties fly to Thailand to become a monk at a Jungle Monastery where there is noo system in place to accept or train him and he does not speak the local language? None of the monks at this monastery speak English and the Isan dialect is spoken rather than Thai. To make matters even more interesting, he must wake every morning at 4 AM and prepare in pitch black darkness to join the other monks for "Bin Tabat," which will require them to walk barefoot through pebbly streets strewn with broken glass and dog feces in order to receive alms from smiling, grateful villagers.
How will he get by? What is the point? These questions are partially answered in this video. If you want to know more, stay tuned on this channel for regular installments from the jungle. Welcome to the jungle.
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