I have just returned from some amazing asian travels with my husband and children to Chiang Mai in Thailand. Chang Mai is a beautiful town in the North of Thailand. It dates to the 1200s. It steeped in history and culture and it home to many elaborate Buddhist temples. Buddhism in Thailand is largely of the Theravada school. In fact 93% of the Thai population follow the Theravada Buddhist religion. Its a beautiful religion and I was lucky enough to experience the temples, converse with monks about how they viewed life and even receive a Buddhist blessing. I Thank everyone who made my experience so amazing and rich. I was very lucky to get such a beautiful insight into a culture that seems worlds away physically and culturally from my hectic Sydney life. Even walking around and seeing the beautiful Buddhist shrines with their daily offerings of fresh flowers and coke bottles with a straw showed me how much the Thais integrate culture and religion into every day life. Qu...
Kate Branch is a Chief Marketing Officer and Photographer who resides in Sydney. Kate Branch has two university degrees. A Bachelor (BFA) of Fine Art where she majored in Photography and a Master (MA) of Art Therapy (Fine Art and Psychodynamics). But her ultimate teacher has been travel. Kate contributes the photographs and videos she captures worldwide to Adobe, Pexels and Unsplash.