Ko Kret is a little island very close to our home. We take a 10 minute taxi ride and a 5 minute boat ride. In January, we made our first visit. When we stepped off of the simple pier, we were in another time in history. As we walked around the island, we felt like we were in a story of Thai life - without complications, noise and materialism. The villages were full of fruit trees, flowers, very basic thai homes, bicycles, and spirit houses. The Mon people have been on this island for generations - making earthenware pots. They remain famous pot makers. There are no cars on the island, and many, many smiles. We hope you can get a sense of what this special place is like as you browse through the photos. The bird houses and wats (buddhist temples) are incredible. Some of our favorite spirit house photos are here. Spirit houses are fascinating - full of offerings and food to the spirits. Many have plastic figures (many times with missing limbs). We love all of the varieties of drinks offered to the spirits, complete with straws. I wonder if the spirits get thirsty......
Ko Kret is a little island very close to our home. We take a 10 minute taxi ride and a 5 minute boat ride. In January, we made our first visit. When we stepped off of the simple pier, we were in another time in history. As we walked around the island, we felt like we were in a story of Thai life - without complications, noise and materialism. The villages were full of fruit trees, flowers, very basic thai homes, bicycles, and spirit houses. The Mon people have been on this island for generations - making earthenware pots. They remain famous pot makers. There are no cars on the island, and many, many smiles. We hope you can get a sense of what this special place is like as you browse through the photos. The bird houses and wats (buddhist temples) are incredible. Some of our favorite spirit house photos are here. Spirit houses are fascinating - full of offerings and food to the spirits. Many have plastic figures (many times with missing limbs). We love all of the varieties of drinks offered to the spirits, complete with straws. I wonder if the spirits get thirsty......
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Wow - what a cool island to visit. When you wrote about the spirit houses and all of the offerings, it reminded of a good book I read, "Saving Fish From Drowning" by Amy Tan. You should read it Kelly and Jim.
What are the two green fruit plants/trees in the pictures? Loved the pics of Isabel and CJ at the potters wheel - looks like your pots turned out very nice! Miss you and love you,
Barb
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