Buddha-ful

While laying on the beach the other day getting sunburned, Ross pointed out something that looked to be a large, white statue on top of a mountain off in the distance. We commented that it reminded us of the statue the LOST survivors stumbled upon (obviously not quite as majestic or ground-breaking), and instead of a large white foot it looked like a large white back of a head. A Buddha head, perhaps?, we wondered. Sure enough, we hopped on Google and found out that the largest statue of Buddha in  Thailand resides right here in Phuket. 

The infamous LOST foot

Okay, okay, we thought... Enough frolicking in the sea and getting skin cancer. One of these days we will actually do something "touristy" here in Phuket. So, yesterday we rented a motorbike and started the journey to the big white man in the clouds. 40 minutes and 3 wrong turns later, we had arrived on top of a mountain with a gigantic Buddha butt staring at our face. 

The Big Buddha

Appropriately named "Big Buddha," this thing is impressive, massive, and made of marble. Right next to it, is a smaller, gold version of a Buddha that doesn't get any accolades at all because his brother is just that grandiose. Usually visiting famous statues and monuments isn't my cup o' tea, but I was thoroughly impressed by this creation. 

The best part was that we got to make "Buddha" jokes all day which included but weren't limited to, some references to a few late 1990's rap music songs, i.e. our new rendition of Baby Got Back--"I like big buddhas and I can not lie...You otha brothas can't deny..."