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Phitsanulok photos

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006

My limousine to the hotel…

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Layla and Alice – always smiling, though this was unsurprisingly not their expression when offended by insensitive thai women! See post on my Thai nickname.

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Cute kid who was the son of owner of one of the restaurants we ate at in Sukhothai, he was bathed naked (with a tub of cold water sloshed over his head and much scrubbing), powdered and then dusted with mozzie repellant (the white stuff on his face) right in front of us as we ate. Mum used to do the same with me until the Chatham McDonalds imposed a restraining order on her.

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The second most reverred Buddha image in Thailand.

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Buddha reincarnate…day trip back to sukhothai.

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My thai nickname…

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006

What do you think my Thai nickname would be? No, not Ting Tong! I found out in Phitsanulok when Layla, Alice and I were invited over to a young Thai couples table. Such hospitable people in the north and central areas – to an extent. The woman informed Layla her hair was “bad” and that she should, “lose 10 kilos”. Alice faired even worse! From the chin up she looked fine, “like a doll”, but her bubble was soon burst; below “needed work”, especially her “chunky arms”. How delightful. So, what did she say about me?

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Charades and chums in Phitsanulok

Monday, November 13th, 2006
"Enough of traveller VIP buses" thought to myself as i boarded the local bus to Phitsanulok. As such the one hour journey was filled with numerous erratic swerves onto the side of the road to pick up passengers. Who needs ... [Continue reading this entry]

Same same – but different! Sukhothai and Ayutthaya

Thursday, November 9th, 2006
From one temple-studded city in Thailand to the next - Sukhothai. This time via VIP bus. Sukhothai is a small, provincial town of 30,000 where tourism has not forced daily life into the backseat. The market, for example, still served ... [Continue reading this entry]

Ayutthaya

Monday, October 23rd, 2006
Ayutthaya was the ancient capital city of Siam for 417 years. The city is an island formed by the convergence of three rivers in a fierce race to reach the Gulf of Thailand. Due to this easily defended strategic position ... [Continue reading this entry]

Buttock destroying return to Bangkok

Monday, October 23rd, 2006
The return journey to Bangkok from Siam Reap proved equally arduous. Perched on the side of a pick-up truck for half hour before sprinting to the coach in order to gain a decent seat. Again the scenery was engrossing and ... [Continue reading this entry]

Krungthep Maha Nakorn, Amarn Rattanakosindra, Mahindrayudhya, Mahadilokpop Noparatana Rajdhani Mahasathan, Amorn Piman Avatarn Satit, Sakkatultiya Vishnukarn Prasit

Sunday, October 15th, 2006
.....yes you are correct in thinking this is the proper title of Bangkok (the longest city name in the world apparently). Fully translated it means "the City of Angels, the Great City, the Residence of the Emerald Buddha, the Impregnable ... [Continue reading this entry]

Parties, pollution and purpose on Pha-Ngan

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
After my post on Myanmar (and not forgetting the Poo restaurant exposition) this will seem rather less interesting, but Ko Pha-Ngan was fun. Lots of fun. After Samui we boated it over to Pha-Ngan, the second of the island triplets (the ... [Continue reading this entry]

Sukhothai saved

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
The river has retreated to less frightening levels and no longer threatens to engulf my little wooden hut i am currently living in. So no need to send in FEMA or the Thai equivalent, though as Naomi Klein points out ... [Continue reading this entry]

Poo restaurant not poo!

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
So a quick update on the Poo restaurant. I had second thoughts about eating there and bottled out last night. Today i found myself unconciously walking past it again and thought to myself, “Andrew, this is probably the only chance ... [Continue reading this entry]