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Bangkok Tuk-Tuk |
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Efficient, noisy, smokey, three-wheeled poeple-mover. |
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Phra Siritana Chedi |
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The biggest one of them all. |
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Grand Palace Grounds
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The most lavishly decorated buildings in Bangkok. |
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Grand Palace Grounds
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The most lavishly decorated buildings in Bangkok |
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Phra Mondop
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Repository of the Royal Golden Addition of the Buddhist Cannon. |
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Garudas Guarding Phra Mondop
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Garuda Ornaments on Wall of Wat Phra Kaew
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The Garudas are depicted conquering the snake, which is a symbol of evil. |
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Wat Phra Kaew Wall
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Home of the Emerald Buddha. |
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The Big Reclining Buddha at Wat Pho
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Wat Pho also has the internationally acclaimed School of Thai Massage. |
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Wat Panancheung in Ayutthaya |
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Note that there is a man standing on Buddha's lap |
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Wat Panancheung in Ayutthaya
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These Buddhas are a bit smaller. |
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Bang Pa In Palace Grounds, Ayutthaya
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Bang Pa In Palace Grounds, Ayutthaya
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Watchtower. |
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Bang Pa In Palace Grounds, Ayutthaya
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Sawadee Kha! |
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Orchids on Bhuping Palace Grounds
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Damnoen Saduak Floating Market
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From your very own boat, you can shop till you drop into the river! |
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Damnoen Saduak Floating Market
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The Famous Bridge Over the River Kwai
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We can all whistle the tune from the movie "Bridge Over the River Kwai" as we walk across it. |
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Cemetery Entrance
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For the allied soldiers who died building the Thai-Burma Railway, inlcuding the Bridge over River Kwai.
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Thai-Burma Railway Casualties
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For the allied soldiers who died building the Thai-Burma Railway, inlcuding the Bridge over River Kwai |
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British Gravestone
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"He marks not that you won or lost, but how you played the game." He took the words out of my mouth for my epitath.
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Jungle Tour Near Chiang Mai
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Me driving the local "bus". |
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Jungle Tour Near Chiang Mai |
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Jungle Tour Near Chiang Mai
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Me riding the local "truck". |
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Jungle Tour Near Chiang Mai |
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Riding the local "ship". |
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Pot Plantation Near Chiang Mai
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This is why the Hill Tribes people are always happy! |
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Wat Phra Kaew Entrance
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Home of the Emerald Buddha and toursists. |
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