Hmong girls
These colorfully dressed Hmong girls were sitting and eating frozen popsicles on the stairs to Wat Phra That Doi Suthep near Chiang Mai, Thailand. I’m not too sure if these girls were able to enjoy the...
View ArticleThe largest market in the world?
It is Chatuchak in Bangkok, Thailand, the huge weekend market. Most of the 15,000 stalls are open only on Saturday and Sunday. You probably can find there everything and a lot more you need for living....
View ArticleLaundry time
Sometimes the ideas for new blogs come very unexpectedly. My fellow blogger Alessandro posted today pictures from Trastevere in Rome, Italy. One of the pictures reminded me about the walk I once had...
View ArticleCongratulations to Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand
King Bhumibol, who celebrates his 86th anniversary today December 5th, is the world’s longest-serving current head of state, over 67 years now, in Thailand. It would be hard to find any other person in...
View ArticleThe head fixer in Chiang Mai
In Thailand there are talented artisans for every imaginable task. An old wooden head of a water buffalo needed to be repaired and remade. This man in Chiang Mai in northern Thailand had the skills to...
View ArticleA truly mobile restaurant
Seen on the street of Chiang Mai in Thailand. The temperature was over 35 Celsius. Looked like the cold chain of the food had been broken. Or maybe this was slow cooking: slowly roasted pork. Or is...
View ArticleNo vertigo if you have a drink
Again, I’m on the top of the Hotel Lebua in Bangkok. The Sky Bar offers spectacular view. I hope you don’t mind I visit this again. This is a truly great bar, though the prices are also sky-high, not...
View ArticleHotels, hotels, hotels
How well do we know the hotels where we are making a booking? How are the rooms? Lobby? Hotel’s surrounding? Pool and other facilities? Service? Luckily today we are able to know many of those things...
View ArticleHotels, hotels, hotels
How well do we know the hotels where we are making a booking? How are the rooms? Lobby? Hotel’s surrounding? Pool and other facilities? Service? Luckily today we are able to know many of those things...
View ArticleHotels, hotels, hotels
How well do we know the hotels where we are making a booking? How are the rooms? Lobby? Hotel’s surrounding? Pool and other facilities? Service? Luckily today we are able to know many of those things...
View ArticleSilk weaving in Thailand
When Thai silk is mentioned, many of us can instantly imagine tasteful, beautiful textiles. It is produced year round in Thailand. Most production is after the rice harvest in the southern and...
View ArticleResting female Common Archduke
A female Common Archduke (Lexias pardalis) butterfly photographed near a small stream close to a viewpoint in Doi Suthep-Pui national park in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand on 31 March 2013. Wikipedia...
View ArticleSnooze time
A dog can have an undisturbed rest in Bangkok, near Saphan Thaksin BTS station.
View ArticleMorning walk
Around 6:30am, just some minutes after the sunrise a monk walked barefoot on the shore of Gulf of Thailand in Hua Hin. Local people make merit by offering them food which the monks eat at 8am. For...
View ArticleIn the glittering sea
It was 35 ºC in Hua Hin, Thailand, sea temperature almost the same (March 2016).
View ArticleAsian Openbill in flight
The Asian openbill (Anastomus oscitans, Aasian rakonokka in Finnish) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. This distinctive stork is found mainly in the Indian subcontinent and...
View ArticleA sad day for a Zebra Dove
Happened in Thailand, Hua Hin. Could happen almost anywhere. I was sitting quietly with my camera near the beach, where this Zebra Dove (Geopelia striata, in Finnish seeprakyyhky) was looking for...
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