Bystanders watch Apiyot Viwatwongworakul (centre) sitting on the loader of a backhoe with his parents on his way to enter monkhood at Wat Dhammakhan in Manorom district, Chai Nat, on Sunday. (Photo by Chudate Seehawong)CHAI NAT - Apiyot Viwatwongworakul never forgets what has made his family come this far and Sunday was the time to show his appreciation. Mr Apiyot rode a backhoe from his house in Manorom district to Wat Dhammakhan in a parade to enter monkhood at the temple. "Using a backhoe to take me to the temple was a way to show it my appreciation," he added. Mr Apiyot sat on the loader of the heavy machine decorated with flowers with his father Wichawut and mother Waranya on a two-kilometre parade to the temple.

Source: Bangkok Post April 09, 2017 08:26 UTC