A pretty crappy picture of the new airport in Bangkok
Constructing of new high speed rail line
more line
they drive on the wrong side in Thailand
my taxi drver's rear view mirror was pretty decked out
A fewllow cabbie
more line (getting bored of the drive at this point)
my first glance at anything that resembles a real building with asian influence
this building looked interesting (in comparison to all the empty fields everywhere else)
same building
view from my hotel room window (day)
a horrible picture of my hotel room from the entry
my bathroom.. luckily I had 2
bedroom
bedroom/office area
living room
view from my room
another view from my room
who needs a stool?
a fellow 3 wheeler
weaving in and out of traffic
let's get a little closer next time (this was actually at a fairly high speed)
..getting closer.
a much less cool 3 wheeler (I wasn't in it)
me in said 3 wheeler
said 3 wheeler
I thought these were really big gold fish until I went to the temples later and saw those suckers (didn't get a pic though)
not sure what this is called but it's like soccer and volleyball mixed together with some weird "ball" that is similar to a wiffle ball made of some type of wood
view from my hotel room (night)
cruisin in a 3 wheeler
i was praying to make it back to my hotel in one piece at this point
salt field with windmill
these are piles of salt
more salt
i thought this sign looked important, no clue what it says
this looked a lot more impressive in person
making some sugary sweetness
boiling the sugary good
finished product
starting product
a legit setup
coconut.. grinder thingy
they take the cocunut and scrape out the inside with the spoon thingy hanging out the mouth of this rabbit while sitting on the rabbit.. the significance of the rabbit? no clue
trying to blend in
this is literally a car engine sitting in the back of this boat with a road sticking through the shaft with a propeller on the back of it
more boat
another boat
view from back of boat
this appeared to be a restaurant
a bunch of similar boats
a fork in the canals
some dude's house i guess
some other dude's house
a bridge.. i'm guessing they use this to cross over the water, but that's just an assumption
a fairly large image of buddha just hanging out in the middle of nowhere
house/store/dunno
a bunch of coconuts
i tried to catch some lady was washing her dishes in the super clean water
finally making it to some of the stores
souvenirs and such
more crap for sale - all made in Thailand ironically
a shot of some of the floating market area
some kind of fruit for sale here
this "store" had a bunch of little figurines welded together from scrap metal and this huge alien dude
i tried some of this coconut juice/milk.. umm.. pretty gross
market
this dude stands on this.. well stand all day long
who needs the flush tank?
american standard.. wtf?
the main area
another shot
me in front of all the "stores" and what not
this elephant was very talented
hula-hoop? no problem
more hula action
me in front of the athlete
another elephant shot
working that teak into something cool
pretty cool image of buddha made of teak with some random guy being goofy
they draw it out on paper full size and starp cutting it down.. this shows the area of paper that hasn't been carved yet
they start with a picture in black and white like this
apparently just a table made of teak
pretty cool scene here
trying to show a better idea of detail
almost finished
check out the depth that goes into these things
all finished with glass ont op
all finished, pre-glass
a salt store where they take those large piles of salt and bag 'em up for sale
market area'ish
random
my guide showing us how it's done
this elephant could play a mean harmonica
some dunkage
I was trying to take a still here but anyway the elephant was giving a massage with his trunk
making tables out of teak
breakfast out on the patio from my hotel
another view
walking in on worship - this is standard tourist practice
the head dude (abbott) sits up higher than everyone else
Reclinging Buddha
46 meter longs (Reclinging Buddha)
46 meters long (Reclinging Buddha)
Reclinging Buddha's feet
they put cremated ashes of the deceased in these
a close up
these images of buddha honor the decease and there are literally hundreds of these at certain temples
these will set behind the images of Buddha in the cases to show the family member
The first teachings of how to give authentic Thai massages are written on these walls, it was the first school to teach them (still exists today)
the cremated ashes go in the cracks below a little paque and then they cover the hole back up wtih cement
closer shot of the plaque
patched up hole close up
a worker smiling pretty for the camera
several of these images of buddha, people come here on the anniversary of death to pay their respects and have a quick worship
some monks just chillin
