Breakfast with the monks and lunch at the waterfall

“Get up DD!” I heard someone saying. “If you want to see the monks collecting alms you’ll have to get a move on”.  It was still dark outside – this didn’t seem like a respectable hour for a donkey to be stirring but I was keen to see age old early morning tradition of novice monks collecting rice and other foods from villagers kneeling on the pavement.


We then had our own breakfast before climbing into a tuk-tuk to head off the Kuang Si waterfalls.  On the way we stopped at Tat Paen where I was intrigued to find a little workshop where models of Pu Nheu and Nha Nheu are made.  They form part of the Songkran Festival which takes place in April and is the traditional start of the New Year.

 

 The circular walking route at Kaung Si follows the river as it cascades down a series of waterfalls, leading from one tranquil spot to the next.