Thursday February 17, 2005

Give Alms Hole

This Buddha was covered in cement long long ago. Workers were moving it to a museum when an accident happened and some of the cement broke off, revealing a golden Buddha. He's now living it up at Wat Traimit in Bangkok. That kitschy thing in the second picure is a fortune machine--it says "risk merit making" at the top.

Even Ronald is culturally aware.

Wednesday February 16, 2005

More Imperial-ness

Ok, I need to change my date/time strategy...it's getting too confusing. Here are some more Thailand photos; obviously they weren't taken today. These are the last from the Imperial Palace. Not sure if the guard in the last picture was mad that I took a picture or just trying to look tough.

Tuesday February 15, 2005

A random assortment

Some favorites from the last week.

Monday January 29, 2005

The boobies and the poopies

Sorry about the blurriness, but here are the chocolates of questionable moral fibre.

Monday December 20, 2004

Demon Things at the Imperial Palace

I loved these demon guys. There were two stupa-type structures behind the Temple to the Emerald Buddha with these demons dancing around and looking scary. Beware! We are sparkly!

More Imperial Palace

It's gonna take a few days to get through all the pics I took at the Imperial Palace. Here are some of my favorite sparkly things.

Sunday December 19, 2004

Koh San Road

Neon signs on Koh San Road, backpackers' paradise and hell.

Tuesday December 21, 2004

Chinese Buddhist Temple

This is a Chinese temple we found in Bangkok on our way to Wat Traimit. There was a very friendly guy on the lookout (I would say 'security guard' but he wasn't nearly scary enough) and he gave us a very warm welcome and told us a bit about the history of the temple. Next door, there was an interesting-looking Chinese medicine hospital.

Monday December 20, 2004

Sparkly Gryphons

These gryphon-like creatures were everywhere at the Imperial Palace in Bangkok. This is the temple that houses the Emerald Buddha.