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Thursday Photo: The Most Beautiful Buddha

Posted onJuly 29, 2011December 15, 20204 Comments

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 …

CategoriesAsia, ThailandTagsreligion and religious architecture, UNESCO World Heritage

Thailand and Cambodia

Posted onNovember 22, 2006December 28, 20201 Comment

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! A good start to the trip thus far, with Read More …

CategoriesAsia, Cambodia, ThailandTagsitinerary

Sri Satchanalai, Thailand

Posted onNovember 14, 2006December 15, 2020Leave a comment

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 …

CategoriesAsia, ThailandTagsreligion and religious architecture, UNESCO World Heritage

Rice fields in Thailand

Posted onNovember 14, 2006May 13, 2020Leave a comment

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 …

CategoriesAsia, Thailand

A hidden gem in Thailand

Posted onNovember 14, 2006May 13, 2020Leave a comment

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 …

CategoriesAsia, Thailand

Wat Phra That Lampang Luang, Thailand

Posted onNovember 13, 2006December 15, 2020Leave a comment

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 …

CategoriesAsia, ThailandTagsarchitecture, religion and religious architecture

Acres of pineapples in Thailand

Posted onNovember 13, 2006May 13, 2020Leave a comment

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 …

CategoriesAsia, Thailand

Wat Rong Khun (The White Temple), Thailand

Posted onNovember 13, 2006November 25, 20202 Comments

Depart for Phayao, a rural lakeside province surrounded by beautiful mountains and valleys dotted with fascinating religious sites. En route visit Wat Rong Khun, also known as the “White” Temple. A lifetime project of artist Read More …

CategoriesAsia, ThailandTagsart, religion and religious architecture

Chiang Rai, Thailand

Posted onNovember 12, 2006November 25, 2020Leave a comment

Chris brings us to a big hotel in Chiang Rai for lunch at their international buffet. The food is safe (a crucial point for Chris, who seems determined to keep everyone well), but boring.I escape Read More …

CategoriesAsia, Thailand

Back on the Mae Kok River, Thailand

Posted onNovember 12, 2006November 25, 2020Leave a comment

Although much of the elation I felt at the rice festival has subsided, the trip back to Chiang Rai is again relaxing and lovely. It’s nice to be on the water.

CategoriesAsia, Thailand

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