Only in Thailand

On our first day here, we bought groceries, and on the way back, we passed a new bar, empty except for a woman and about a dozens monks, chanting. The woman saw us stop and listen, so she invited us inside, explaining that the monks were blessing her new bar on the three month anniversary, and she invited us back that evening to listen to music. We left our newly purchased sweet corn muffins as an offering for the monks, promising to return later. We did go back that evening, and as she sat and chatted with us in her broken English, we realized that she, and the 2 young girls that spent time visiting our table, ages 16 and 20, were prostitutes. As my Lonely Planet guide book explains, Thai Buddhism is a flexible faith.