Category: Asia
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Gilded Buddha’s
Gilded Buddha’s These are a few of a whole series of Buddha statues inside Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham. The variety in their facial features is remarkable. Probably different individuals (local monks?) have served as models for the sculptors, with this lively diversity as a result. Photo of the week: Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham, Luang Prabang, Laos 2020
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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 standbolt 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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Amalgamation
Amalgamation A river – this side and that – shadows and lights fused in a nocturnal 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. It glitters and shines, like she herself(ie) with her girlish phone. The people below her at the base are wandering through the realms of existence.…
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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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Beware pickpocket
Beware pickpocket Wat Pho is known for its reclining Buddha, an impressive statue measuring 46 meter in length from top to toe. The soles of his feet – 3 meter high and 4.5 meter long – are inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Photos of the week: Reclining Buddha, Wat Pho, Bangkok, Thailand 2019
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Wat Pho
Wat Pho The stone statue can easily be recognized as Chinese; the way the tree branches have been steered in their growth betrays Japanese inspiration; and the Buddha images in the back are clearly Thai. Three examples of three Asian aesthetic traditions harmoniously brought together in a corner of the temple complex of Wat Pho.…
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