Category: Asia
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Lines
Lines Roofs and cables in a quiet interplay of lines. Photo of the week: Wat Aphai, Luang Prabang, Laos 2020
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Shadow play
Shadow play Wat Mai’s shadow falls on a white wall.On the wall, framed: five small photographs of five people.Who are they?Why are their photographs hanging there?Is it in their memory?What was their fate?The text might tell me, but I cannot read it. I find them moving, those five small portraits on the white wall, in…
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Gilded Buddhas
Gilded Buddhas These are just a few examples from a whole series of Buddha statues at Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham. The variety in their facial features is remarkable. It is likely that different people (local monks?) served as models for the sculptors, resulting in this vivid diversity. Photo of the week: Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham, Luang Prabang,…
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The Outing
The Outing Ten Lao ladies at a visit to Wat Xieng Thong in Luang Prabang. Ten different dresses (sinhs) but all the same. Unity in diversity the Lao way. Photo of the week: Wat Xieng Thong, Luang Prabang, Laos 2020
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Singha
Singha Slender, fragile, strong. Over and above them you standbold uprightconfidentmajestic. Singha. Photo of the week: Singha Beer Bar, Bangkok, Thailand 2019
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Fish meal pedicure
Fish meal pedicure Letting a shoal of hungry small fish nibble away dead skin from your feet and in addition having to pay for it! With free wifi as sweetener. Photos of the week: Massage parlour, China Town, Bangkok, Thailand 2019
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Fusion
Fusion A river –on this side and on that side –shadows and light mergingin a night-time dream. Photo of the week: A restaurant and Wat Arun on two sides of the Chao Phraya River, Bangkok, Thailand 2019
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She herself(ie)
She herself(ie) She visited Wat Arun, the white plastered Buddhist tower inlaid with pieces of colourful porcelain. The monument has Hindu influences and its three levels have symbolic Buddhist significance. The people below her at the base are wandering through the realms of existence. She herself(ie) is at the middle level where all desires are…
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Tiptoeing toddler
Tiptoeing toddler It’s always lovely to see toddlers – human or animal – explore the world. With curiosity and playful candour they dare moving away ever further from their mother’s nest. Photo of the week: Wat Arun compound, Bangkok, Thailand 2019
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In honour of the Queen
In honour of the Queen That is, Queen Shri Phatcharinthra, for her 50th birthday in 1913. A Pig Memorial because she was born in the year of the Pig. The little piggies and other knickknacks at the foot of the memorial reveal the childish taste which is typical of popular Thai culture. This tendency is…
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