My good friend Jeff Milligan and his wife Sharon joined me for a 1800 kilometres road trip around the small roads of Northern Thailand. A wonderful experience. Here are the first photos I have processed. Many more to come. And captions to come as well.
Near the Lao boarder.
Friendly temple monkeys near Loei, Thailand.
Thailand! A more-or-less abandoned Wat (Buddhist Temple) in the countryside to the east of Khon Khen, in Northeastern Thailand.
This Wat was begun, the exterior completed, but the interior never begun.
So many wonderful flowers to photograph in Thailand.
Sunflower, near the Lao boarder
It seems like all Thai towns have a "Red Light District" - sad lonely places . . . like this one in Khon Khen city.
One block away in the same city one finds this beautiful temple/spirit house.
I am really enjoying my new Sigma 70mm Macro lens.
I love these small towns in Northern Thailand. This is Loei.
Loei is a very special little town. They do not allow any international franchise businesses in the city. The result is a wonderful old world feeling. You see something gone almost everywhere else: the local department store. The downtown is not dead.
Those engaged in the commerce of the "Wet Market" gather in downtown Loei around midnight.
Thai market towns at night are a strange delight! This is Sukhothai.
Oh, to be at home in this place . . . is to be at home in the world!
I sat here and had a bowl of delicious soup . . . and added my own chili soaked vinegar. Living large indeed!
So . . . what does it mean to be a Buddhist in Thailand?
A reclining Buddha in a cave. There are always things to discover in Thailand.
The banks of the Mae Kong River, looking across to Laos.
Then Los Angeles:
The 'boardwalk' in Malibu . . . lots of charm, lot of characters -- "Darkness at Noon".
This amazing spirit has been riding up and down the boardwalks from Venice to Santa Monica to Malibu beaches on his roller skates playing a battery-powered electric rock guitar since 1968 . . . . when I saw him last! He's still there!
Fun with death! Collect the whole set! Only in Los Angeles!