Sendungsbewustsein
, Chiang Saen
, Jul 2005
5
Once in a little town along the Mekong just about 10 kilometers south past the Golden Triangle in northern Thailand. From its tiny port rusty freighters took off for their journey up the Mekong ; between Laos and Myanmar to China. Day in day out trucks deliver cargo to be loaded by an endless chain of tireless porters from the ramp into the hull. Mostly crates of Red Bull or boxes of dried dates at the time Strolling round there to hitch a ride on one of the ships myself I noticed two carefully wrapped up buddha statues on the parking lot infront the cargo bay. The picture struck me and so I returned the next day early in the morning when the light was right. I got there just 30min after sunrise and captured this image. The buddha statues were covered in the traditional orange which matched the reflection of the early morning sun in the river and made them look enchanted. They seemed to be the source of the quiet around them. Like two true escape artists that had freed their mind, resting, calmly awaiting in true buddhist spirit where future would bring them. While I admired the packaging I imagined where they had been made. Could you just go to a buddha statue factory and place an order? I passed them by again a few days later when I continued my own journey. I wondered what their destination will be and hoped that they get to stay together. They seemed to be unmoved by it all.
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