Wat Yai Cai Mongkhon
Wat Yai Chaimongkhon or Wat Chao Phraya Thai. This monastery constructed in the reign of King U-Thong is located outside the city to the southeast in the same direction as the railway station; one can see its large pagoda from far away. King Naresuan the Great commanded that the pagoda be built to celebrate the [...]
Muay Thai
A national sport in Thailand. This was taken in Chiang Mai, a 17 year old muay thai fighter ( I have no inkling as to which fighting style though ). Right after this match, was an all-female match between two 14 year old girls. As much as I love kung fu movies but viewing two [...]
Scowling? Somewhat?
This lady smiled, thinking we were going to buy things from her but…no :-p In subsequent pictures, she could be seen with a scowl.
Boat stop
This is a picture depicting an elderly member of the local community, crossing to get onto our boat.
Floating Market
Lady making Tom Yum Goong in Damnoen Saduak’s floating market. The ride along the market’s river canals did cost the 3 of us THB 550 after taking into account of some bargaining skills. The tom yum, itself, although not as spicy as it would normally be was expensively at THB 50/bowl ( expensive by Thai [...]
Nonthaburi
I’d gotten to Nonthaburi on the Chao Phraya River Express from Saphan Taksin ( you can reach this station via the BTS train ) , which was our first stop making Nonthaburi the last stop of the express’ route. The journey itself was interesting as I was able to view some interesting temples a.k.a wats [...]
Khlong Toei
Khlong Toei’s a large wet market in Bangkok, one of the largest and quite possibly smelliest of all wet markets I’ve ever ventured to. It was a great experience though, seeing things up close and personal as never seen before.
Tha Phae Gate
in Chiang Mai.
Caz, Ange and I were in Chiang Mai not too long ago and here we were, standing in front of the old moat of Chiang Mai… the Tha Phae Gate. To quote Wikipedia, “King Mengrai had founded the city of Chiang Mai which is to mean…New City as it had succeeded Chiang Rai [...]
