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Another cosplay event….just a teaser

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Mike

Last weekend saw another cosplay event here in Bangkok, in fact there were two but I only got along to one of them, and that was enough to get a couple of hundred photos to sort through ! I only … Continue reading →

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Jim Thompson …architect, art collector, entrepreneur and secret agent

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Mike

South East Asia has had it’s share of mysterious and enigmatic figures over the years, including Jim Thompson. An American, he trained as an architect before joining the Army during the Second World War, and then the Office of Strategic … Continue reading →

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Learning the lingo #2 …Thai language apps, phrasebooks and e-dictionaries

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Mike

Well, I’ve been trying to learn Thai for about 5 months now, with lessons every Saturday and I think I’m getting somewhere …slowly. Apart from the school’s textbooks I’ve also acquired some Thai language apps on my phone, a phrasebook … Continue reading →

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A couple of Black and White fisheye photos of Bangkok

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Mike

I dusted off my D7000 and fisheye lens the other day, and went into downtown Bangkok. And as if fisheye photos were not enough, I decided to try processing them as monochromes. It seems that more and more photographers are … Continue reading →

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Chinatown, Bangkok

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Mike

I went for a walk around Chinatown again the other day, it’s one of my favourite parts of this city. In some parts of Bangkok you can almost forget that you are in Asia, but not in Chinatown ! Every … Continue reading →

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Buddhas, Wat Mongkorn, Chinatown

Posted on May 31, 2014 by Mike
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