At Wat Maha Wanaram it seems as though I walked in on a celebration so I just tiptoed and took a few photos. All of the temples in this phlog are in Ubon Rachatani, the Northeast part of Thailand, heavy with old Khmer (Cambodia) and Lao influences. The Northease is often called “Lao” since it was part of Lao until presented to Thailand by the French Colonialist authorities who governed Laos. It is a wonderful place to visit.
Wat Na Kwai
Wat Phra That Nong Bua
The Naga are there to protect the TempleEven in front of sacred Ground lottery ticket vendors aboundOriginally the Naga is a green river serpent. I will tell the story of the Naga as it relates to Buddhism in the near futureThese temples are actually a great place to just sit and relax and, if you like, meditateAlways look up
Wat Sa Prasan Suk
Enter between the legs of the elephant
Wat Tai Phrachao Yai Ong Tue
The potpourri of temples
Even the army soldier has MeritDon’t forget to sign the visitors book and also use the QR code to make a donation to the temple. This monk here was talking to himselfIs this the true depiction of a Heffalump?I was excited how the clouds in the sky interacted with the objectsStrong Khmer influence
Yesterday in Surin this temple dog reminded me of lik lik because he came over and kept licking meThe dogs seemed to enjoy resting here by the Buddha at the top but when I went back down they followed me You can tell by the name on the building what university this complex is. It looks pretty gaudy ornate. I would not want my house to look like thisPretty tasty and reasonably priced. Chicken and some crispy somethingThis was advertised as something like a preserve for elephants but when I got there I found it was mostly a place for entertaining Thai tourist. In the next video you will see how they train these elephants to act like humans, something I really dislike completely but I bought the ticket so I thought I would sit there and watch.
When you see how these elephants are kept, chained and not able to move around, very sadly just weaving from side to side, you really wonder what a horrible life these animals have. I found it interesting what they have been trained to do but I just couldn’t stand to imagine how poorly they were treated so I left. Tom Yam Gai (chicken). Very spicy and very hot. the plate on the left shows you what really cannot be eaten but which adds flavorGetting out of school to raid the sweets shop and the 7-Eleven carbohydrate shelvesI went to see the wooden bridge that crosses the river between the two provincesThis is the wooden bridge that is not I had to negotiate to get the price for locals. I am legally a resident of ThailandPrasat Sikhoraphum. Khmer templeJust a nice relaxing place to sitLike many towers in Italy, many of the very old temple towers also leanSome old artifacts I told him where the leak in the tire was but he couldn’t find it so he decided to takeoff the wheel and dump the whole thing in water. But he didn’t know how to takeoff the wheel. He was using a hammer and crowbars to take something off the wrong way. so I kept looking at the tire and found a hole and after plugging the hole he put the bike back together.
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 fieldKhmer influenced architecture. This looks like an abandoned templeKhmer influence inside this old templeI am not sure what this is. Didn’t ET already return home?in Kao Kradong volcanic crater and park.Pigs heads ready for pick upThe 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.
it was a great idea visiting this temple and I hope that you get a chance to also spend a few hours to enjoy all of the images, but you have to travel to Bangkok
a new addition under constructionwhen you sit down quietly in front of these images I don’t see how you can be described as doing anything else except meditating.
Angelo has a Italian restaurant which now, due to lack of customers from Covid, focuses on pizza and PANZEROTTO. He is the kind of fellow you want to know if you want to learn how to be a good chef and how to make people happy with food. He makes something called PANZEROTTO, the only place on the island it’s available. If you really enjoy the food and tell him how much you like it he will most likely give you a complementary apéritif, possibly one you have never tried before. I recommend Trattoria & Pizza kohchang in Lonely Beach.
A new waterslide for the kids just opened recently do you remember the movie “don’t eat the daisies”? If you do you are old like me. I also recommend not to eat this plant “this is how you do it!”My leaning tower of yogurt cups. I’m not quite sure why I am collecting themGetting nude at the local convenience storeMy two guard dogs doing their job, tigger and thief. Thief got her name after she kept going into my room, pulling stuff out of the garbage and spreading it around outside. I finally trained her not to go in the room but I still call her “thief”.A mini Ducati? A very nice decoration for the van from my favorite pizzeria, Babylon. If you like thin, crispy, sourdough flavor crust this is the place to go.It’s not quite the car I expected “odd job” to jump out of but it is a nice vintageJust read the sign. And, by the way, this is where I had my tooth pulled, the one that broke due to rocks in the rice at a certain restaurant (tiny rocks)Protecting the elemental protecting tee pee from the elements. But the elements get you if you have to go pee pee.cicio is a very “active” guard dog?Have to go back to work at the pool table at red monkey. Can’t be lazy all my life. “what’s the winning streak score Paul?” Actually we just make it up each time we get back to there to playDeep fried squid rings at one of my favorite restaurants, “eat here”, nice name for a restaurant.
in Udon Thani there is a very nice temple in the middle of the city with some very interesting surroundings and architecture, Wat Pothisomphon
Even the HQ has a very nice designRemember the does and don’ts at temples Assembly hall got work to doThe main pagoda (stupah)Stuck in the middle with youEvery picture tells a story, don’t it?A Snaking view
hi tech central control next to the bed. Great idea for a hotelLove at first biteSunan buying durian. Alain and I demur and let her eat our portions as well. We are being polite? the authoritarians. of what?OK there was a saxophone but I was too busy to notice since I talking with Alain who I hadn’t seen for so many years I was wondering if these are earthquake proof“Hey! Don’t go away. We have some more food to eat.”I see fisherman’s wharf has moved to terminal 21Honey, they shrank the bridge!This reminded me of the windy day when mom was driving our Volkswagen Square back across the Golden Gate Bridge and the wind picked it up and moved it into the lane to the left. A little bit out of control we were.Support our brave bridge builders!The walkway of pretty lightsI asked about the sign and found it really means if you buy one for 1,000 baht you get three T-shirts in total so is it 21,000 to own it or to push the button?
temples are held in reverence for their religious sanctity. This temple in Bangkok, Wat Pariwat Ratchasongkram, has a little different bent on expression, enlarging it to include modern attractive icons to highlight inclusive of Buddhism. Just look at the photos and you will understand everything. I took so many photos so I’m splitting it into several PHLOGS. It would take several hours walking around this temple area to identify every icon.
You can see that people have placed gold leaf on this imageUnder constructionMoney for construction seems to be rolling inmodern architecture in contrast
In Chinatown there is a very special restaurant with some very special food, Dragon CafeI hope they don’t break down this pillarIn terminal 21 there are some very decorative lightsWarp speed to San FranciscoReminds me when I was a kid with plastic models some old buildings in ChinatownJust in case you want to know how long to boil an egg. From multiple perspectives and possibly from different universesFree breakfasts served in the roomSome motorcycles are not new, surpriseAlain comes back from Saudi so we go to see a saxophone which never appears. Notice he is making a point or maybe just pointing or maybe just joking or maybe…..Hot pot hot pot hot potEverybody loves DURIAN except for those who don’t. It seems to be love or hate a different restaurant in Chinatown serves very nice Shanghai noodles and seaweed salad, and different kinds of GYOZA as well, 168 GyozaA good suggestion, take a photo of old buildings I want a photo of and I will take a photo of but I take a photo of somebody taking a photo. It’s OK, he’s a returnee so he follows ordersCheck the photos and wait for lunch. Sunan is so hungry she is eye eating somebody else’s food
