When/where did you see Buddhist monks? ...
Oh, if you look waaaay back to post #138, the one where That Darned Coral Reef Cursed My Digestive & Urinary System! on Day 5, you'll find a brief reference to the orange garb-draped, red-mark-on-their-foreheads, Epcot Segway-riding, "educated, spiritual" men, for certain!
Yep, they're there.
Oh, goodness, I don't mean this unkindly and I hope it just allows for some minds-eye imagery, not the whole politically incorrect thing, blah, blah, blah.
This totally reminded me of a photo I saw just last evening in a book about California. A chapter about restaurant dining mentioned the hugely diverse cultures in California that have inspired
wonderful and impressive culinary delights for travelers there. And the photo chosen to illustrate this?????? A group of orange-garbed, red-mark-on-their-foreheads... oh, you get the idea... men sitting around a breakfast table... at a DENNY's restaurant! Yes, Denny's. Why, of course!
Now, I get the whole juxtaposition-of-the-everyday-with-the-exotic thing... only I
expected that the everyday would be the camera wielding, map-carrying tourist and the exotic would be one of a bazillion unusual or interesting restaurants that California has to offer! What tickled me is that, instead, they gave us the
everyday - what city doesn't have a
Denny's? - with the
exotic -
bald men in matching orange outfits who are
NEITHER members of the same bowling team
NOR prison inmates doing roadside clean-up under the watchful eye of a couple of rifle-toting deputies.... UNLESS.... maybe.... these were
actually orange garb-draped, red-mark-on-their-foreheads,
bowling team, "educated, spiritual" men. Ah, now maybe THAT'S it!
Well, surely you can understand, that after seeing the photo of the Grand Slam Breakfast, orange toga crew... and then reading TheLastPrincess' description of the Segway-riding fellas... it sorta, naturally made me wonder... in a green gecko, Aflac-quacker, simple caveman, Segway-riding-monk, serial ads kind of way...
SO, what's next????
Sorry for the detour. Back to your regularly-scheduled trippie and happily awaiting the newest installment.