Vang Vieng
2020年1月1日, ラオス ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Small mountain town, well known for outdoor activity. (See posts for countryside and blue lagoon for examples.). The 1st picture looks down the main street. If you look closely, there is a hot airもっと詳しく
Countryside around Veng Vieng
2020年1月1日, ラオス ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
First is a cave called elephant cave. Elephants had been housed here. Legend has it that after the elephants were moved, the stone elephant in the 2nd picture appeared. So, the cave became a Buddhistもっと詳しく
Luang Prabang, Laos
2020年1月2日, ラオス ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Lovely, small city (by Asian standards) of about 400,000, located on the upper Mekong River. The 1st two pictures are of street scenes in town. 3rd is the royal palace. 4&5 are of Phousi hill: theもっと詳しく
Luang Prabang and the Mekong
2020年1月3日, ラオス ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Luang Prabang lies at the confluence of the Nam Khan with the Mekong. The 1st two pictures are taken from the top of Phousi hill (see the other Luang Prabang post) overlooking the city and the river.もっと詳しく
Kuang Si Waterfall
2020年1月3日, ラオス ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Amazingly beautiful waterfall, or set of stepped waterfalls, about an hour from Luang Prabang. The pictures pretty much speak for themselves
Alms-giving in Luang Prabang
2020年1月4日, ラオス ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
Every morning before sunrise, the Buddhist monks from all the local monasteries receive alms from the people in town, usually sticky rice. Stools and battery power lights are set up along the streetもっと詳しく
Chang Mai old city, Thailand
2020年1月4日, タイ ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
This is the former capital of the Chiang Mai kingdom, and the main city in the north of Thailand. Sadly, most of the historic buildings are gone. Here are a few looks at what remains. 1st is the mainもっと詳しく
Wat Chedi Luang, Chiang Mai
2020年1月5日, タイ ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Major temple here. The main unique feature is the staircase entrance to the main temple with its dragon statues shown in the 2nd picture. 3&4 are in the men only small shrine. 5th is a separateもっと詳しく
Villages
2020年1月6日, タイ ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
We visited several hill villages a couple hours from Chang Mai. The villages were home to 4 different local tribes. This post looks at 2 of them. The post called Villages 2 looks at the others.
Theもっと詳しく
Villages 2
2020年1月6日, タイ ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
In this post are 3 pictures of a village of Karen people. Here are a house, a street and a man weaving a bamboo basket. The last group we visited was the Dara-ang or Palong people from Myanmar wheもっと詳しく
Sukhothai
2020年1月8日, タイ ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Ancient and original capital of Siam, as Thailand was formerly known. The old city is in ruins but is preserved as an historical park. These are various images around the old city. Most were Wats, orもっと詳しく
Thai Grand Palace, Bangkok
2020年1月10日, タイ ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Unbelievably beautiful compound of buildings that have been the residence for Thai royalty, with construction begin in the late 18th century. The pictures are all outside as no indoor photography wasもっと詳しく
Wat Arun, Bangkok
2020年1月10日, タイ ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
Aka, temple of the dawn. Very different architecturally from other temples here. The 1st picture looks across the road ver to the temple. The rest are taken from on the temple grounds. Again, I gaveもっと詳しく
Golden mount, Bangkok
2020年1月10日, タイ ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
Another golden temple, this time atop a hill in the center of Bangkok. The 1st picture looks up at the hilltop building from the approach. Farther along the approach are several sets of bells that canもっと詳しく
Bangkok, first impressions
2020年1月10日, タイ ⋅ ⛅ 35 °C
What an amazing city. There are already 3 other posts showing specific places, and there will be more. These look a monument in the center of a rotary. If I find out what it is, I'll update this. Nextもっと詳しく
More Bangkok
2020年1月11日, タイ ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
The 1st picture is at the Chatuchak weekend market, the largest in Bangkok, some 9,000 vendors. Like the Sunday market in Chiang Mai, I walked for a couple hours and days didn't cover it all. Lots ofもっと詳しく
Wat Pho
2020年1月12日, タイ ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Another large temple and the first university in Thailand. Building started here in the 15th century, with additional structures added over the years and some restoration as needed. Best known for itsもっと詳しく
Khao Sok
2020年1月13日, タイ ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Town at the eponymous national park. This is what I might call a typical backpacker, outdoor activity tourist town. The 1st picture looks at the road through the town. 2nd is the river running throughもっと詳しく
Cheow Larn Lake
2020年1月14日, タイ ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Man-made lake in the center of Khao Sok National Park and adjoining Khao Sok Wildlife Sanctuary. Simply spectacular scenery. Photos were taken on a boat tour of part of the lake.
Pakarang cave
2020年1月14日, タイ ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
Aka Coral Cave. Located in Khao Sok Wildlife Refuge. This cave is above a hidden lake that we hiked to from the cruise on Cheow Larn Lake (see another post). To reach the cave, we rode a bamboo raftもっと詳しく
Phuket
2020年1月15日, タイ ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
This is the most famous of the Thai islands well known as a world tourist destination. We stayed in Patong Town on Phuket Island, itself. There are many islands here (see another post), but this isもっと詳しく
Thai island hopping
2020年1月16日, タイ ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Incredibly beautiful place, with scores of islands dotting the area. Most are uninhabited. These are some looks at the area. Some of the more famous islands have their own posts. So these are someもっと詳しく
Panak Island
2020年1月16日, タイ ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
This island is where the James Bond movie, Tomorrow Never Dies, was filmed. The 1st picture shows the entrance to the hidden internal lagoon. The island is protected. So access is not permitted. Theもっと詳しく
James Bond Island
2020年1月16日, タイ ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
This is the island where The Man with the Golden Gun was filmed. If you've seen the movie, the 1st picture will be very familiar. The next 4 pictures look at various parts of the island, includingもっと詳しく
Hong Island
2020年1月16日, タイ ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
This is, for me, the most spectacular of the islands we visited. The 1st picture is of the main entrance to the bay by kayak. It's the rest of the pictures that show why I found this to be such anもっと詳しく




















































































































































