Weekend in Phuket

 It was another Buddha Day school holiday... and we had Friday off. I decided to try a short Bangkok Air flight to Phuket Island leaving out of Utapao Airport, in Ban Chang/Pattaya where I live. An old American airstrip from Vietnam days, the small airport now only has a few flights a day but it is really convenient avoiding Bangkok.
Landing in the rain... it continued to rain the entire weekend.  I never even put my swim suit on. So we ate yummy Thai food, shopped and visited Temples.

At the tip of the Island, high on a hill overlooking the ocean, the Temple of Elephants was unique in that local Thai and visitors alike would bring and leave small elephants as a token of their many blessings to come.

The position of the Buddha hands (Mudra) in statues has different meanings.

The Buddha Mudra below: BHUMISPARSA - Calling the Earth To Witness the Truth

May you continue to receive the Earths many blessings today and everyday.