12,600 monks!

Today, our last day in Chiang Mai, we witnessed an annual event that has occured for the past 8 years - Buddhists giving alms to 12,600 monks in a 6am ceremony on Chang Klan Road. This year, much of the donations were instant noodles and uncooked rice (as part of the offerings will be donated to the flood victims in Central Thailand). You can read a bit more about it here. When it came time for us to approach the monks and donate, we had to wait our turn, as there were literally thousands of people donating food and other goods. Here is a photo as the monks began their procession down the street.