Category Archives: Thailand

How time flies ….

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Mike

Four years ago yesterday I was just about to step onto this plane at Sydney Airport to make the big move here to Bangkok, with my worldly possessions reduced to the contents of 1 backpack and 2 suitcases. And I’m still here … Continue reading →

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A Bangkok Photowalk -Klong Bang Luang Market.

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Mike

As I mentioned in my last post, I recently went on a photowalk with the “Bangkok Photographers” Facebook group, starting from the Bang Wa BTS station in the bottom left of the Google earth pic above, and finishing at the … Continue reading →

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Lotus Flower.

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Mike

As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the world Continue reading →

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Fight night, Rajadamnern Stadium

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Mike

My brother and sister, with their respective spouses, were in town recently en-route to Laos, stopping over in the Big Mango for a few days. Us guys had a boys night out at Rajadamnern Stadium, watching the Muay Thai fights Continue reading →

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A photo walk through Bang Sue

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Mike

Last weekend I went on a photo-walk with the “Bangkok Photographers” Facebook Group round the Bang Sue community ( Google maps) in the north of Bangkok near the well known Chatuchak Market. Nestled between the railway tracks and a couple of … Continue reading →

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The Erawan Museum

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Mike

costly ornamental building with no practical purpose, especially a tower or mock-Gothic ruin built in a large garden or park.

One of Thailand’s more eccentric moneyed class was Lek Viriyaphant, the creator of the Ancient City and the Sanctuary of Truth in Pattaya, and also the Erawan Museum on the outskirts of Bangkok.
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