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Chiang Mai’s Annual Flower Festival — Flowers, Flowers Everywhere
As I caught sight of the flower stalls cheerfully lining the street in front of Chiang Mai’s Buak Hat Park, I wondered why I had thought that maybe this years festival wouldn’t hold a lot of appeal to me. We all know the saying “familiarity builds contempt”, and after all, this will be my 5th…
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Travel Photo Thursday — January 31st, 2013 — Chiang Mai’s Fabulous Felines
Welcome to Travel Photo Thursday and the last day of January. The weather here in Chiang Mai has taken a bit of turn. We had quite a violent rain storm last night, and most of the old city lost power for several hours. Not comforting when you are walking down small lanes with no lights!…
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Travel Photo Thursday — January 24, 2013 — Wat Si Chum at Sukhothai’s Historical Park
Welcome to another week of Travel Photo Thursday. For the past couple of days I’ve been in New Sukhothai, a dusty little Thai town located about 12km from the Sukhothai Historical Park. This sprawling UNESCO site is made up of numerous temple compounds; many of them in ruins, and some restored. Sukhothai was the second Thai…
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Through the Sandbox Lens #49 — Sukhothai’s Wat Chang Lom — Offerings to the Elephants
Wat Chang Lom (meaning: surrounded by elephants) in the Sukhothai Historical Park (Sukhothai, Thailand). Most of the 32 elephants ringing chedi no longer have trunks, but a couple of them do. This offering was hanging from one of the remaining trunks. I thought it made for a pretty photo. If you missed…