A Healthy Selection of my Pictures from Thailand

Here is a random selection of the Thailand pics. It is a limited selection for a few reasons.

First, alot of the pictures need to be rotated, second there are many pictures so I'll figure out what else to put up.

Most of the pictures I took are at the temples I visited, although I did do a few little experiments with a long exposure and traffic and the movement of people and the lady begging with her child (that I really like).

Anyway they really are random, I didn't want a play by play type of entry.
The first picture is at the Temple of the Emerald Buddha. It is probably the number one tourist attraction in Bangkok and one of the holiest sites for Buddhism in Thailand. The architecture was really breathtaking, and you get lost in this world that really seems like you've gone back in time. The place is so beautiful and massive on such a grand scale, and it makes you wonder about the time when this really was just a temple and not filled with tourists.
The next few pictures are from the same temple, as well as the last 2 at the bottom.


I took this at a temple close to my hotel room. It was a nice quiet place to go hang out and think a little.
The main feature of this temple was the enormous Buddha made of gold.


Wat Pho, otherwise known as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha...keep looking and tell me if you can tell which one he is.



The Emerald Temple from a distance.








This was another one of those places that was larger than life (no pun intended). Really just aweinspiring.


I was reading Elizabeth's blog the other day and I started laughing when I saw her picture melding old and new, since that was what I was trying to do in this picture too.
Another experiment that I realy like.



Too ironic to pass up.

The ancient Thai people seem fond of building REALLY big Buddhas.


And that's a good start I think. I'll finish with a few things I learned while I was there:

1. In Thailand McDonalds you can buy Jack in the Box curly fries

2. When you get bored in Thailand play "Guess who's the Trannie?" Bonus points for the "Post-Op-Adam's Apple-Removed" gals

3. Thailand's traffic makes me want to move back to L.A.

4. Although pornography is illegal in Bangkok, you can walk down practically any street and get a massage with a happy ending (at the very least)

5. If you go to the movies on Thailand you stand respectfully while they show footage of the King. For long enough to say the Pledge of Allegiance and sing the National Anthem.