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Fun in Buriram!

Khmer influence in restored temple

Buriram is a province in Thailand located in the Northeast near Laos and Cambodia. It has a mixture of Lao and Khmer (Cambodia) people, traditions and cultural influences.

You can see the province at the bottom of the image just above Cambodia
in addition to tradition, this province has probably the best known soccer team and soccer field.
Kids playing in the field
Khmer influenced architecture. This looks like an abandoned temple
Khmer influence inside this old temple
I am not sure what this is. Didn’t ET already return home?
in Kao Kradong volcanic crater and park.
Pigs heads ready for pick up
The entrance to a temple from the main road
This robot delivers your food to your table. The only problem I saw is that it gets in the way of the waiters taking orders and talking with customers and seems to cause quite a few traffic jams. This doesn’t seem to be a really effective implementation of R2 D2.
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Around Buriram

Durian ready to eat. Love it or leave it
Grilled chicken and pork
The green Kawasaki is behind the Ducati. I wonder where Kawasaki got the inspiration for their design?
Sushi is now everywhere in Thai markets, especially local ones
And this sushi vendor has a nice Japanese lantern saying that they serve hot pot food. Well, at least if it’s not correct it does provide some Japanese atmosphere
The market is very busy
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the treasures of Buriram – Wat ban Takhong

Buriram is in the Northeast and is very much an entryway into the part of Thailand that used to be part of Laos. It is called Iisan. This area has always been somewhat disrespected and is a poor farming area rich with inexpensive laborers for the rest of Thailand. The food contains some of my favorite recipes and the people are so nice and friendly. I like this area. Buriram has the best known soccer team, Buriram United, and is well known for it’s F1 race track. It is a small town, as well as a province, with big aspirations. I recommend visiting as an entrance to the rest of Iisan.

Wat ban Takhong is a minimal temple but has some interesting architecture. Watch out for the guards at the gate. They have big sticks.
The attractive temple structure.
This is basically Khmer (Cambodian) architecture with a Thai style steeple.

This area was part of the Khmer empire as opposed to the areas farther East which were Lao areas.

Representing the agricultural economic base?
Khmer artwork
It looks as if there was a structure housing a statue.
Every temple has their dogs. People often dump unwanted cats and dogs at the temple for the monks to take care of. But this becomes a heavy burden for the monks and medicine is expensive so it’s not really the best solution but it is a partial solution that society has organized.
You can have your remains buried in style at the temple
got a new sticker for my motorcycle
big breakfast. really too much for me but tasty