Wat Chedi Luang, Chaing Mai Thailand
Any visit to Thailand must include a tour of the Buddish temple of Wat Chedi Luang in historic Chaing Mai. Construction of the temple started in the 14th Century, and was not completed until the mid-1...
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Cambodia: Civil war, Communists, Capitalists, Cold War and Corruption
Cambodia – a land of stunning natural beauty, and a Terrible past. After nearly three weeks of touring Cambodia, including stops at the 12th century temples in Angkor (Siem Reip) and two weeks teach...
Stewing
In culinary terms ‘stewing can best be described as the process of combining solid food ingredients that have been cooked in liquid and served in the resultant gravy. Ingredients in a stew can i...
Chaing Mai Loy Krathong Lantern Festival
On the night of the full moon of the twelve-month of the Thai lunar calendar in Chaing Mai, is the Loy Krathong festival. Although the festival continues for three days, it is the evening events that ...
11,791 Photos – Now What ?
I’ve been in Thailand for three weeks, and already have 11,791 photos. That works out to 3930 photos per week….561 photos per day. It is nuts. Really Nuts, though with a camera that can ...
Day 56: Beautiful Bangkok – in black & white and color.
Three days in Bangkok is definitely not enough. Add in some serious jet-lag after a flight from Toronto (Canada) to Abu Dhabi (UAE), then onward to Bangkok. Wow – Bangkok is absolutely amazing....
Day 55: Wat Pho (‘Temple of the Reclining Buddha’)
The Wat Pho or “Temple of the Reclining Buddha” is the largest and oldest wat (temple) complex in Bangkok, and it houses more than 1,000 Buddha images that were moved from abandoned temples in Ayu...