Thursday Photo: The Most Beautiful Buddha
Our guide in Thailand was very proud of her culture and country and would regularly take add additional stops – usually ones with a magnificent Buddha of some sort – to our itinerary.After a long Read More …
Category: Thailand
The Politcal Unrest Continues in Thailand
We were in Thailand in the fall of 2006, a coup d’etat had just occurred, but the country was calm and peaceful with almost no discernible evidence that anything was amiss.Since that time the political Read More …
Thailand and Cambodia
We are in LA now, after about 24 hours in transit from Cambodia yesterday. Whew! But what an awesome trip. Thailand November 5 – We Are Off! November 7 Arrival in Chiang Mai In the Read More …
Sri Satchanalai, Thailand
This morning drive to Sri Satchanalai, the northern outpost town of the kingdom of Sukhothai, built by King Ramkamhaeng. . . .Built in the 13th Century to help consolidate the power of the Sukhothai Kingdom Read More …
Rice fields in Thailand
Our drive takes us through more mountains, all of which are lovely, but impossible to capture against the morning sun. Then we leave the mountains behind and drive past miles and miles of rice paddies. Read More …
A hidden gem in Thailand
We step out the hotel’s back door and enter an amazing garden. Too bad we didn’t discover this last night, when we were looking for a more relaxing spot for a pre-dinner glass of wine! Read More …
Wat Phra That Lampang Luang, Thailand
Even without knowing anything about Buddhist temples, one look at Wat Phra That Lampang Luang is enough for me to realize that that this must be a very old complex. Indeed, many buildings date back Read More …
Acres of pineapples in Thailand
We continue south, driving through lovely scenery without stopping. After a time the land begins to flatten out and forests share the rolling hills with carefully tended fields. Somewhere in the midst of these fields, Read More …
Coffee Break in Phayao, Thailand
As we drive through, it appears that Phayao is a lovely and substantial town with a number of lovingly maintained traditional teak homes surrounded by neat gardens. While the day is dark and gray, the Read More …
The wrong attitude can cost you in Thailand
There are a number of checkpoints along the roads in Northern Thailand, many of which seem rather informal. Since they are searching for illegal cargo and immigrants, we generally move through quickly, often with little Read More …