Well, dear friends, it’s that time again. The tumult of words I have for you to describe my vacation is virtually endless, and yet those words still take time to percolate. To simmer. To stew. I must add delightful verbal spices and boil off my various grammatical cul-de-sacs before I can present you your fresh, steaming pile of sweet, sweet essays. And so, let us bask in pictures of Thailand which, as you may already know, is a very beautiful place. Elephants! Golden temples! Stunning beaches! Fire-breathing dragons, perhaps! It’s a land of wonder. Let’s go.
Our first stop was a tiny little island off the coast, emptied out due to low season. Which meant we had nearly a whole island to ourselves, but for some bored locals.
To describe myself as “pleased” with the following picture, I think, dismisses how smugly proud I was as soon as I had taken it.
Phuket: like the rest of Thailand, it’s into elephants.
Let us quickly zip off to Chiang Rai, where things got highly photogenic, with the whack-a-doo gloriousness of Wat Rong Khun. This was a sort of modern art take on the traditional (already awesome-looking) Thai Buddhist Temple, and inside there was an enormous mural of Mr. Buddha himself, surrounded by the floating spectres of Neo, R2D2, and Marty McFly.
The sort-of companion to the white temple is the Black House, which is creepy as hell, and a lot harder to photograph in all its spectacular spookiness.
There were a lot of skulls. My photograph of the bulbous, Lovecraftian sculpture monstrosities did not turn out. Imagine a tumour, a testicle, and a kraken made love and spawned a little of abominations, and you would get an idea of some of the other decorations around the Black House. Cultural!
More photos can be found Flickr-side, or by checking out my fancy new 500px.
Incredible gallery! Keep up the good work.
I will! Thanks for commenting!
lucky u you’ve been there…amazing photos!
thanks for sharing
Yeah, Thailand was super cool! I’ll probably go back again!
your use of the words “steaming pile” in the intro had me nervous. unnecessarily, it would seem.
Oh, Wood. Fret not. The India photos are coming soon!
Some really great photos in the bunch. You deserve to be smugly proud.
Thanks! There was a couple I knew were winners right after taking them.
What fun! Going through photos after a trip is another way of reliving each moment. Thanks for sharing.
Michael, just had a chance to look at your photos from Thailand and you did get some amazing shots (which you should blow up and frame to remind you of your trip). I will take a look at the expanded lot on Flickr this weekend when I have more time. Love the shot of the pier and the one you liked on the Beach! Glenn