Visiting Buddhist Monasteries in Phuket Foreigners are welcomed into Buddhist Monasteries, or Wats But please remember these are places of worship, reverence and meditation, and cultural sensitivity is required Visitors, both Thai and foreign, are usually welcome inside Buddhist monasteries, and a visit there can be most informative and interesting. There are scores of monasteries on Phuket, and virtually every Buddhist community here has a wat as its traditional cultural center. So it is acceptable to walk into the grounds of any monastery on the island during daylight hours. Most close their doors at night. Since these are quiet sanctuaries…