All the latest videos from Thailand. From festivals to every day life. http://www.thailandvideoblogs.com 2010-09-09T12:04:00+01:00 text/html 2006-05-14T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.thailandvideoblogs.com http://www.thailandvideoblogs.com/content/view/31/29/ Although this isn't much to do with Buddhism, you will find these Chinese Fortune Sticks in most temples. To play the game is quite simple. You put all the sticks into the bamboo container and then shake it as you concentrate on a prayer. If you do it correctly, one stick will then jump out onto the ground in front of you. Each stick has a number on it. You then go and read the fortune with this number printed at the top. text/html 2006-04-30T22:27:54+01:00 http://www.thailandvideoblogs.com http://www.thailandvideoblogs.com/content/view/24/29/ In Samut Prakan, the only way we can cross to the other side of the Chao Phraya River is to take a river ferry from the market to Phra Samut Chedi. The journey is about 10 minutes and costs only 2 baht. (At present, 37 baht is $1). This service runs 24 hours a day. During peak times, you only have to wait about 5 minutes for the next boat. As you can see from the photograph, underneath the roof there are a number of floats in case the boat capsizes. The river can get pretty rough at times and you also have to watch out for the large container ships heading up-river to Bangkok. text/html 2006-04-09T17:03:00+01:00 http://www.thailandvideoblogs.com http://www.thailandvideoblogs.com/content/view/14/29/ In Thailand, many men become monks for a brief period of time once they have reached the age of 20. This video shows a part of the ordination ceremony where the young man is taken around the bot three times on the shoulders of one of his relatives.