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Category: Thailand

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Thursday Photo: The Most Beautiful Buddha

Posted onJuly 29, 2011December 3, 20196 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

The Politcal Unrest Continues in Thailand

Posted onApril 8, 2010November 11, 2019Leave a comment

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 …

CategoriesAsia, Thailand

Thailand and Cambodia

Posted onNovember 22, 2006March 20, 20191 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! November 7 Arrival in Chiang Mai In the Read More …

CategoriesAsia, Cambodia, ThailandTagsitinerary

Sri Satchanalai, Thailand

Posted onNovember 14, 2006December 3, 2019Leave 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, ruins, UNESCO World Heritage

Rice fields in Thailand

Posted onNovember 14, 2006January 25, 2019Leave 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, 2006January 25, 2019Leave 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, 2006January 25, 2019Leave 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, 2006January 25, 2019Leave 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

Coffee Break in Phayao, Thailand

Posted onNovember 13, 2006January 25, 2019Leave a comment

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 …

CategoriesAsia, Thailand

The wrong attitude can cost you in Thailand

Posted onNovember 13, 2006January 25, 2019Leave a comment

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 …

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