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Shiny and furry red things you can eat from a Bangkok street market.
Something of a color that sends the message "don't eat this" that you can eat from a Bangkok street market.
Could be sugar glazed cherries that you can eat from a Bangkok street market.
Maybe these are the glazed cherries that you can eat from a Bangkok street market.
In February of this year I went on a tour of Northern Italy; Milan, Venice, Verona, Florence, and Rome. I returned to a very busy work schedule and have only now really looked at my photos from that trip. Here are a few more of my favorite memories. For even more photos of Italy, including past vacations, go to my Italy section link in the Travel Photo Bank.
Inside The Doge's Palace of Venice.
It was wonderful to be in Venice for Carnival on such a beautiful day.
Naples is not the only city in Italy with a fantastic galleria - Milan has the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II! Very Steampunkt, no?
Ah Rome! The Trevi Fountain. Where are my three coins?
The interior of St. John's Cathedral, Rome.
In the Church of the Catacombs, Rome. (Hand held, low light.)
Although Rome is a modern, bustling city, there are ancient Roman ruins everywhere.
The Roman Coloseum.
I went out t the Bangkok Drag Avenue last night to pay my shop rent. My friend Khun O had his Nissan Silvia out for shake down runs for the first time with his imported 632 cu.in. big block Chevy. It was fun to hear the roar of a race big block V-8 again.
Khun O checking last minute details.
This is what the new 1000hp, 632 cu.in. dual quad, NOS injected Chevy big block looks like in Khun O's racer.
His car drew a lot of interest and excitement from the Thai race fans.
Khun O ready to do his burn out. Testing a new race combination, especially with such a major increase in horsepower from the last engine combination, is tricky. It went well.
Khun O's able crew push the racer back after the burn-out.
A little sideways right off the line . . .
. . . but Khun O pulled it back on line and made a straight run. This is the first run with this engine and was considered a "Shake Down Run" to make sure all systems were working.