The road of realisation to Surat Thani

The short route was road 4 which is a fast paced motorway basically with a few sights to see along the road. Then there was the 408 through Nakhon Si Thammarat then Surat Thani. The first one was about 80 kms shorter but the other one had more rural environments and most of the route was along the sea!  So the choice was obviously the latter one.. But I had come to regret that decision a few times later on.

The heavy rain showers in the 400 km long stretch between Hat Yai and Surat Thani almost killed me several times. If it wasnt the slippery roads, it was the insane pick up drivers and their bold overtake maneuvers or the heavy sidewinds from the sea.

Thailand have been lovely and great so far...but I cant shake this feeling that the human life is not very valuable here.

 I got this realisation from their careless driving and the dead man in the middle of the road as a result of a pickup vs moped incident.
On the scene there were three men, one was waving the traffic and two were taking pictures of his remains.

I dont know what the paramedics were doing but I think his condition was far beyond saving.
I got a bit sick to be honest...
This moment made the whole trip a bit more serious, and the thing is I dont know this man, but I cant do anything more than share a thought of him and his family.
I immediately slowed down, the rain was still pouring down and made it impossible to do more than 50 km/h. I left Hat Yai at 10 and got to Surat Thani at 7.

Still getting around for a place to stay and a place to eat. Condition: Wet...very wet and a bit miserable.

Anyway here are some pictures of a nice Buddhist temple I visited today in  Nakhon Si Thammarat .
This one was a big one with many graves of significant monks.
A nice man showed me how to light some incense and showed me around the temple...once again I am struck by the silence and the utter balance of the creatures around religious places...mosques, churches and now Buddhist temples I have visited along the road have shared the same senses.

I guess that, regardless of religion the search of peace is what they all proclaim and it gives fruit to the same spirituality and the same sense of peace and harmony.
Who's right who's wrong does not matter anymore in terms of spirituality, other distortions other than spirituality are just politics made by the ignorant man. Anyways, now I must go and search for my own little temple of peace and harmony aka a room with a fresh bed and where I can hang my socks to dry...