Thamuang village

Thamuang, and Khamma's home in particular, is located at 15*28.326N and 105*00.046E. Go onto Google Earth for a bird's eye view.

The town is agricultural and nearly everybody owns a piece of land on which they grow rice or potatoes. The houses are for the most part attractive and well built and the roads are good.

The central feature of the village is the temple which houses a small community of about 30 monks. Over the last few months I have been trying to fathom out what the Buddhist religion is all about and on the one one hand I find the basic philosophy quite compelling but I cannot relate this to the ritual and traditions. However it all seems very friendly and laid back so I guess one day the penny will drop.

The temple and grounds are very well looked after. I have in fact become friends with the head monk and we have tried to chat (through Khamma) about our different lives; his being devoted to discovering enlightment through comittment to the Buddhist doctrine and mine being, well, being mine!