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Posts Tagged ‘Thailand’

Photo Friday: Yellow Marigolds at Erawan Shrine, Bangkok

Photo Friday: Yellow Marigolds at Erawan Shrine, Bangkok
  The theme for this week’s Photo Friday (#FriFotos on Twitter) is YELLOW.  Yellow garlands of marigolds are  among the offerings left at the Erawan Shrine in downtown Bangkok. Although 95 percent of the Thai population are Buddhist, the Erawan Shrine is Hindi and the main statue at the shrine...
December 9th, 2011 | Photo Friday, Thailand | Read More

Photo Friday: Thai Hill Farmer

In honor of the Royal Wedding, this week’s #FriFotos theme is Weddings & Honeymoons. So I’m contributing this shot that Don took from our 3-week honeymoon in Southeast Asia. We chose Thailand and Cambodia as our destination because neither of us had ever been to that area of the world...
April 29th, 2011 | Photo Friday, Thailand | Read More

Photo Friday: Northern Thailand Retreat

Photo Friday: Northern Thailand Retreat
Today’s Photo Friday brings us to Chiang Dao in Northern Thailand.  Pictured is a small bamboo and hardwood tin roof hut at The Nest, a small guest house resort nestled in the forested hills not far from the Myanmar border.  This peaceful setting was the perfect way to spend part of our honeymoon.
March 11th, 2011 | Photo Friday | Read More

Photo Friday: Sleepy Tiger at Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi, Thailand

Photo Friday: Sleepy Tiger at Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi, Thailand
Today’s Photo Friday picture is from the Tiger Temple in western Thailand, just over 100 miles northwest of Bangkok.  The temple, run by Buddhist monks, was founded in 1994 as a sanctuary for wild animals, including several tigers. Read more about our Thai honeymoon, which took us to Bangkok,...
January 21st, 2011 | Photo Friday | Read More

Thailand Trip Report

Thailand Trip Report
My husband and I went to southeast Asia on our three-week honeymoon back in October 2007, so the report is a bit older – and longer – than others. Our trip took us to Bangkok, Chiang Dao in the north and Phuket in the south. To read the report, click here.
October 6th, 2009 | Thailand | Read More

Street food, a la Anthony Bourdain

 I was happy that Anthony Bourdain - the only video travel journalist out there who I consider appointment television – planned to tackle street food this week. I’ve always been a fan of food served from stalls and trucks, from late night doner kabobs in London to roadside grilled chicken...
August 3rd, 2009 | Other | Read More