Songkran is the actual Thai calendar New Year holiday . . . and the third New Year celebrated each year in this wonderful country (the others are January 1 and the Chinese New Year). The new year dawned with a fantastic tropical sunrise.
I bought a new lens (to complete my lens range), the Canon L-series f2.8 II 16-35mm zoom, and was dying to try it out. I missed having a wide angle lens on my Canon full frame 5D Mark II.
There are some shots that you cannot get with anything other than a wide lens . . . like this one.
The 16-35mm II lens takes a unique 82mm filter, which I do not have, so no polarizer is used on these shots.
These squid fishing boats go out at sunset and return a little after sunrise.
It was a beautiful day fo a walk on the beach . . . with all the curiosities to discover. This is a cleaved Mangrove nut cluster that washed ashore.
This yellow-clad girl indicated that she wanted me to share in her appreciation of her new Marvel Heroes parasol. I did.
The pool at the Dusit Polo Hua Hin was a good subject for my new wide lens. Very sharp.
I went into Hua Hin early to watch the Chinese Formula One race at the Hilton and had a little walk around time in my favorite Thai town with my new lens.
Such a sweet town.
This being the end of the Hot Season and the beginning of the Hot and Wet Season, many trees in Hua Hin are in full bloom.
I stumbled upon a seaside Chinese Buddhist Temple I hadn't seen before.
The temple was near the many piers that hold guest houses and seafood restaurants.
After four days we drove back home to Bangkok . . . and stopped half way at our favorite seafood-on-a-pond, The Lod Talay.