Mae Sai Monastery – Thailand

Posted on 14/03/2013 by Drewmanity

Inside the Mae Sai Monastery – Thailand

Flash back reality check

Posted on 13/03/2013 by Drewmanity

Flash back to a man I met in East India.

How do I compare better than saying- “While you were drinking your 5 dollar coffee from Starbucks. I was living on 50 cents a day trying to keep up with the locals on 30 cents a day”. Imagine that…. I never would have imaged that had I not taken the risk to travel this past year. 2012 after living in Germany the riches Euro zone country…It has been by far the most ridiculous and adventurous year of my life. I hope one day to share all my experiences and stories with those back home and around the world. I think what I have seen and learned is educational for the youth and even elders of America and the other 1st world countries to see. Guilty of visiting twenty some odd countries from rich to poor, living on a budget trying to live like the locals an failing most times but learning from it all in the long run. I leave you with just one simple photo of a man in east India who lived on 30 cents a day.

Here is a man in India who I spoke very little to but understood enough that he was able to live on a fraction of what I thought was possible.

Wat Tham Pha Chom cave meditations

Posted on 11/03/2013 by Drewmanity

Today I spent some quality time in under grown caverns and caves of Wat Tham Pha Chom, Wiang Phang Kham in Mae Sai. I thought of myself as (Indiana Jones) well more like Thailand Drew and the Temple of Meditation.

These caves are under a wat in mae sai- A temple up in the hills. It was mysterious.

The past couple days I’ve been venturing around the area to seek out some peaceful places to write, and log my journey as well as contemplate where to go next. Thailand in general has been a pivotal point in my world travels. Pivotal in a sense that I have been contemplating returning home to see the people that love me and I them more now than ever before. I love traveling however I think it comes with balance to really enjoy it most. So I’ve been seeking to open my meditation time more to really seek happiness. Sometimes its a battle, as we all humans understand, if its not one thing its another, balancing life can be tricky sometimes even when your living out of a backpack traveling the world.

I walked the premises looking to see if I could stay here maybe a couple days and meditate with the monks, but I wasn’t able to find anyone that spoke a lick of English. Afterwards I wandered down a path and into some caves. CAVES? Yup domesticated caves to say it best. They have now installed Buddha’s and small candle lit temples. It was surreal and a great experience to sit most of the day in meditation.